Ch 7 Key terms

Question 1

FAKE NEWS

Answer 1

Deliberately false or misleading news stories that masquerade as truthful reporting.

Intentional
False info
Cover truth

Question 2

reasonable skepticism

Answer 2

An attitude that involves giving up the habit of automatically accepting claims in the media, rejecting the questionable assumption that most of what’s said online is true, and refusing to believe a claim unless there are legitimate reasons for doing so.

Question 3

Propaganda

Answer 3

Propaganda is
deliberately biased or misleading information designed
to promote a political cause or point of view

Question 4

Lies

Answer 4

deliberate deception, it is a lie

Question 5

Bias

Answer 5

Biased reporting is not necessarily fake news, but it can easily become fake news with the addition of intentional deception

Unintentional deception that favors a particular view and is not objectively accurate

Question 6

Opinions

Answer 6

Writing that expresses opinions or advocates change

Question 7

Satire

Answer 7

Corrective ridicule

Satire is the use of irony, exaggeration, or sarcasm to expose or ridicule people’s vices or folly

Question 8

Hoaxes

Answer 8

A hoax is
a lie intentionally fabricated
to appear truthful and
to gain an advantage (financial or otherwise) or to provoke a reaction

Question 9

Reading Laterally

Answer 9

1. determine who is really behind the information you’re seeing,
2. uncover the purpose or motivation behind the information (is it to sell you something, persuade you to support a cause, push political views, report the news, or entertain you?), and
3. find out how credible the source of the information is.

Question 10

Reading critically

Answer 10

Don’t simply accept any claim without good reason

Question 11

2 obstacles to critical thinking on identifying fake images

Answer 11

• easyly believable
• hard to identify the ultered photos

Question 12

4 ways to identifying fake images

Answer 12

1. Determining the source
2. Checking for previous use ( reverse image search)
3. Being wary of the incredible ( too good to be true = sus)
4. Look for incongruity ( no shadow of the object or more too many fingers etc (editing mistakes))

Question 13

Reasons for fake news

Answer 13

Discredit a group
Cause discord
Financial gain

Question 14

Taxonomy of misinformation

Answer 14

A.Lies
B.Propaganda
C.Bais reporting
D.Hoaxe
E.Satire

Question 15

Difference between false news and misinformation

Answer 15

Misinformation has no intention of deliberately spreading false information