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Welcome!
Social media has been a key platform to share information and news. This game will help you understand the impact your online activity can have on others.
In this game, you will be asked to make a choice in each scenario pertaining to media coverage. It should take about 5 minutes. Please choose the option that best fits your real response.
[[Start->Story 1]]**Scenario 1**
Your friend shares this on your Facebook feed. What do you do?
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[[Ignore it->S1C1]]
[[Share it right away without comment->S1C2]]
[[Click on the link for more information->S1C3]]**Scenario 2**
A page you followed 5 years ago shares this link. You read the comment at the top of the post. What is your next step?
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[[Like it->S2C1]]
[[You check the Facebook page->S2C2]]
[[Send it to a friend directly saying 'omg!'->S2C3]]**Scenario 3**
You see that someone shared this link on a blog. What is your next move?
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[[Look it up online->S3C1]]
[[Send it to a WhatsApp group->S3C2]]
[[Leave a commment about taking action against global warming->S3C3]]**Scenario 4**
Your friend sends you a post from a Facebook page about John McCain. What are you going to do?
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[[It seems to be unreliable, so you report it ->S4C1]]
[[You hate politics, so you decide not to do anything about it->S4C2]]
[[Follow the page because you love the quote->S4C3]]The next day you go to work and everyone is talking about the death. You rememeber seeing something like this, so you believe it is true. However, it is a **fake story**.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 2]]Good job! Now you are set up to check the credibility of the source.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 2]]Your post reaches 100 of your 400 Facebook friends, influencing them to share and like the article as well. Most of them believe the story, but it is a **fake story**.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 2]]Facebook tells your friends that you liked it. You are adding credibility to a **fake story**.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 3]]You realize it's a clickbait page and the story is untrue. So you decide to share the post with a comment to warn all your friends that this is **fake**.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 3]]Your friend, a Catholic, believes the story and decides to vote for Donald Trump even though the story is **untrue**. Trump becomes the president.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 3]]Congratulations! You find many other articles from multiple sources confirming scientific evidence regarding this issue.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 4]]Everyone in the group starts discussing this issue. One of them doubts the credibility of the article, but you find the information in many sources. Good thing it's a reliable article!
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[[Next Scenario->Story 4]]Seems like you are an engaged citizen. Your comment starts a dialogue between you and those who do not believe the article. But it's hard for you to convince them. Next time, make sure you check the credibility first so that you can present a better argument.
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[[Next Scenario->Story 4]]Well done! You realise the page is not credible at all and you decide to do something about it.
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[[Next->End]]Obviously this page is not credible, but by ignoring it, you make no contribution to stop the distribution of **fake news**.
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[[Next->End]]There are lots of signs indicating this page is not credible. By following this page, you are adding credibility to it. Some of your friends thus follow it and trust the **fake news stories**, too.
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[[Next->End]]Great! You have completed the game. Hope you now have a better sense of how your online action will influence others.
Click <a href="https://indd.adobe.com/view/05825432-dad2-4f9a-b6c0-d525a01e54d7"> here</a> to find our manual on how to check source credibility! Print it or share it with your community!
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