News & Media Lit Unit 7

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False information that is spread, with intent to mislead

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Disinformation

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A method of determining credibility of online information in which you open multiple tabs to search for other information to validate the site’s claims.

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Lateral reading

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False information that is spread, regardless of intent to mislead

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Misinformation

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Additional source(s) that confirm or support the claims of a news story, article, or piece of information

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Corroboration

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An image or headline that tries to get you to click on it, usually for advertising purposes

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Clickbait

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A belief that some ideas, people, or things, are better than others

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Bias

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What is NOT a criteria to evaluate a website: Publish date, Purpose, Author's qualifications, URL?

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URL

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Belief that a group of people have a plot and are responsible for something that happened.

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Conspiracy theory