Lesson 5 Media and Information Literacy
BRUSH UP⑤疑問詞 Essay Writing
Don’t Be Fooled by False Information
 I am sometimes surprised how much false information we are surrounded by nowadays.// Why do you think this is so?// One reason is that living in the age of the Internet, we are exposed to a wide variety of unreliable or even misleading information.// That’s why we need to acquire “media literacy.”//
 First of all, we have to check the sources of any information we come across.// We need to ask ourselves whether the information comes from a reliable source.// Advertisements are full of false or exaggerated claims, so it is also important for us to make sure that there is enough evidence or data supporting them.// It is necessary for us to always look at the information from different angles, suspecting it might be wrong.// In this way, we will be able to avoid being taken in by misinformation.//