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(1) Selective exposure - Individuals tendency to favour information which reinforces their pre-existing views while avoiding contradictory information.

(2) Confirmation bias - One has his own arguments and also arguments against arguments for his opponents. One is also surrounded by others with the same point of view.

(3) Post-truth politics - Objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.

(4) Social media - Social media algorithms tend to push the most viewed content without checking if it is true or not, which is why they magnify the impact of fake news.

(1) Disinformation - Fake or misleading stories created and shared deliberately, often by a writer who might have a financial or political motive, e.g. propaganda.

(2) Misinformation - This also means fake or misleading stories, but in this case the stories may not have been deliberately created or shared with the intention to mislead.

(3) Propaganda - False facts which are written to promote a political agenda or a set of ideas.

(4) Mistakes - Sometimes accidents can happen, but a trusted source will always correct errors in their stories and say when they’ve got things wrong.

(5) Satire - Made-up stories that aren’t meant to be taken seriously, written to joke about the news or famous people.

(6) Clickbait - Eye-catching but misleading headlines, designed to get people to click on links to make money or views for a website.