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    The document discusses the impact of the Internet and how to fact-check information found online. Positively, the Internet has connected people globally through social media and changed education by allowing online learning. However, fake news is also widespread. To verify information, one should read beyond headlines, check the publisher and author's credibility, evaluate sources and multimedia, consider confirmation bias, and search for other coverage. Being informed requires diligence in an age where the Internet both empowers and risks misinforming.

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    The document discusses the impact of the Internet and how to fact-check information found online. Positively, the Internet has connected people globally through social media and changed education by allowing online learning. However, fake news is also widespread. To verify information, one should read beyond headlines, check the publisher and author's credibility, evaluate sources and multimedia, consider confirmation bias, and search for other coverage. Being informed requires diligence in an age where the Internet both empowers and risks misinforming.

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    The document discusses the impact of the Internet and how to fact-check information found online. Positively, the Internet has connected people globally through social media and changed education by allowing online learning. However, fake news is also widespread. To verify information, one should read beyond headlines, check the publisher and author's credibility, evaluate sources and multimedia, consider confirmation bias, and search for other coverage. Being informed requires diligence in an age where the Internet both empowers and risks misinforming.

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    RODOLFO M. PENA JR.

    BSED – MAJOR IN SCIENCE

    Activity 1. The Information Age

    1. What has been the impact of the Internet to you (Positive and Negative)?
    The Internet is not only a ‘technology’ anymore; it has become an integral part of our
    lives in every way. Back in the second half of 21st century, the internet was believed to be a luxury
    and that too which only the offices or companies could afford. Very few homes had computers and
    even fewer had the internet connection. And even those who had the internet connections didn’t
    have fast access to ‘everything’ like people do today. The Internet has, no doubt, in the true sense
    of the word taken over the world in all spheres of life and the impact is both positive as well as
    negative. Usage of the internet is increasing day by day, people are getting habitual to it and
    totally depends upon it. If we take the example of ‘Google ‘in true sense it has taken over the
    world in all spheres of life. Information about each domain is present on the Google. In other
    words, it made the whole word handy for us.
    Influence of Internet can be examined with the invention of social networks like
    Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and much more are connecting the people across the boundaries.
    The invention of Facebook was made in a single university and now it has grasped the attention
    of 2.1 billion people of the globe. The social networks like Twitter are used by celebrities and
    proponents of big institutions. They share their views with the masses which are regarded with
    great significance. In the 21st century, the age of globalization is declared due to extensive use of
    social networks. Business companies are also using social media for the promotion of their
    brands. Formal communication between business exponents is also done by using social
    networks as a medium. Social networks are the great success and impact of the internet. In the
    field of education, the internet has successfully changed the dynamics. The students today do not
    need to go to the institution, nor do they need any transport that would deliver them to their
    institutions. As we are gaining the degrees by the online sources this is only due to the internet. I
    am doing this online course of English. Use the internet to search different articles for the
    drafting of my assignments and research papers.

    2. How do you fact-check the information you heard and learned from the web?

    Fake news articles are everywhere, it increasingly become a big fixture in the internet.
    Some posts, designed to deceive, run rampant across the internet. Only later, if ever, do
    readers discover that the stories they shared may have been false. So in able for us to prevent
    the spread of fake news, here is the steps or guide to fact-check the information we see on the
    internet:

    1. Read past the headline


    2. Check what news outlet/ who published the article
    3. Check the publish date and time
    4. Who is the author
    5. Look at what links and sources are used
    6. Look out for questionable quotes and photos
    7. Beware confirmation bias
    8. Search if there other article author published it

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