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Fake news — AQA GCSE Media Studies Definition

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GCSE Media Studies · key term

Fake news

Definition

Deliberately false information presented as news to deceive audiences, often for political or commercial advantage.

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AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572

Paper 2

Fake news deliberately presents false information as news; bias favours a viewpoint; propaganda seeks to influence beliefs in support of a cause. These can overlap, but they are not interchangeable.
Revise: Paper 2 Question 5: the synoptic question

AQA Media Studies past papers

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Bias
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Media regulation
Propaganda
Selective representation

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Substantiated judgement

Sustained line of reasoning

Synoptic response

Theoretical framework