Explore the Informational Universe

What is the spark?

• verified factual information that's objective

• explosions around events or ideas

• information to entertain you

• fake news

What type of information qualifies as a report?

• information designed to look like something else

• fake news

• information that entertains you

• verified, factual information that is objective

What is makes info-tainment distinctive?

• designed to entertain, but may not have exact facts

• verified, factual, objective information

• designed to manipulate your feelings

• fake news

What makes an opinion piece?

• it's fake news

• it's verified facts

• it's factual, but takes sides or shows bias

• it manipulates the reader

Which type of information is designed to look like it belongs to another category?

• Reports

• Marketing

• Opinion

• Info-tainment

Fakes and Scams can include fake news and...

• advertising

• marketing

• reports

• satire (a humorous representation of the news)

Propaganda is used to...

• manipulate your feelings

• get you to watch something

• make you question the facts

• get you to buy something

Marketing is often designed to...

• manipulate your feelings

• look like another type of information

• make you question the facts

• give you the facts about something

This type of information is...

• a report

• an opinion

• sponsored content

• fakes & scams

This type of information is sponsored content designed to look like

• a report

• propaganda

• opinion

• fakes & scams