1/ Watch “Challenging the Algorithms of Oppression (Links to an external site.).”
2/ Read “How Your Brain Tricks you into Believing Fake News (Links to an external site.)“
“How your Brain Tricks you into Believing Fake News” (pdf version 
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3/In about 250 words, write a response considering the following prompt(s):
- We know that Google uses a search algorithm to anticipate what you want to find. Is this always a helpful feature? Describe an example of a situation in which personalized results are appreciated and an example of when personalized results are misleading.
- In your own words: what is the definition of “fake news” as it is used? What are the aspects that define it? What do you think of the term itself and how it is used? What kind of automatic assumptions or associations are there with the term? Is there a better way of describing the phenomenon?
(Bonus: What is the difference, if any, between “fake news” and “clickbait”?)
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