Nowadays with the virtual world developing so fast it is easy to get an extanded amount of information, but is it all true? <span>In the Internet World everyone can write a statement on different topics. Scrolling through our social media feed we can run into a large amout of information which most of the time we take as a valid information but because of being devided by a screen we don't always know who wrote what we are reading.</span> To recognize a fake news on social media is not that hard nor is it easy. <h2>1. Trusted Sources</h2><span>The first method we suggest to figure out the truth of a news is to search in any searching engine about that news and to see if it is mentioned in nay other websites/ social medias or if it is mentioned by a trusted newspaper or public figures.</span><span>For example many people got  access to write a statement on <a href="http://facebook.com/pruregroup" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Facebook</a>  but this doesn't stand for BBC News.</span> <h2>2. Be Critical</h2><span>The second method to define a news true or false is by being sceptical. What we mean by that is that you have to develope a critical mindset. In this way you won't trust right away a statement because you will need good arguments and a good evidence for that.   </span> <span>However you need to be careful even by being sceptical because you will not always get the right feeling. </span> You also got to check how right it sounds while you read it. Is it believable enough?   <blockquote><div>Throwing water to the fire you help it keep alive</div></blockquote> <h2>3. See Other Peoples' Reaction to the News</h2><span>Another way of noticing if the news you are reading is suspecious or not is to see how many people have reported it as a fake news lately. You will be lookig at the fame of the news. This is a good and easy method of investigation because you will just see what people, who run through the post before you, think of this news. You can check their comments in the comment section area (every social media site got a comment section) and get a better idea about the truth of the news.</span>  <h2>4. Suspecious Content Attached to the News</h2>Examine the given information and detect if there is any fake content attached to it such as pictures or videos. Also check the writing; see if there is any grammatical mistake or if the used language is not formal. <span>Pictures and videos are easy to identify if they are real or fake no matter how good the editor is. So keep in mind to examine the information you are taking.<br></span><h2>The Impact of a Fake News</h2>Fake news can have a serious impact on us as individuals and in our society as well. By considering something fake as true we end up being confused about what is really going on. Based on a   <span> Leadership IQ recent research shows that nine out of ten people have heard the term fake news and eight out of ten have heard of alternative facts.</span> <span>59 percent are concerned about fake news in the workplace (with 24 percent rising to the level of very concerned). And 64 percent are concerned about alternative facts in the workplace (with 27 percent rising to the level of very concerned).</span>58 percent believe that nowadays it is easier for people to get away with saying things that are not truthful.<br>(c) Prure Group&nbsp;<br>#PrureGroup

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