Week 3 (Digital Misinformation)

Question 1

_____ is the inadvertent dissemination of false information.

Answer 1

Misinformation

Question 1

______ are statements that are false or misleading, whether wholly or in part, and whether on its own or in the context in which it appears.

Answer 1

Falsehoods

Question 2

_____ is the intentional dissemination of false information.

Answer 2

Disinformation

Question 3

_____ _____ is a specific type of falsehood intentionally packaged to deceive others.

Answer 3

Fake news

Question 4

Some fake news are created for _____ motivations, for example, attracting clicks and gaining advertising revenues.

Answer 4

financial

Question 5

Fake news can be created by people with _____ motivations, they have a own personal agenda and intending to use mass misinformation as weapons.

Answer 5

ideological

Question 6

The vulnerability of people falling for fake news is grouped into 5 components: ______, ______, ______, ______, and _______.

Answer 6

Sender, Receiver, Message, Context, and Channel

Question 7

______ ______ is the tendency to ignore false information without taking any further action.

Answer 7

Informational apathy

Question 8

_____ is the process of evaluating “the veracity of a story before it becomes the news”.

Answer 8

Verification

Question 9

_______ is a process that occurs post publication and compares an explicit claim made publicly against trusted sources of facts.

Answer 9

Fact-checking