Misinformation and Bias Quiz

Before the 2016 presidential election, what did the term "fake news" usually refer to?

• A news report that included a factual mistake.

• A manipulated photo that started a viral rumor online.

• A made-up story deliberately designed to look like an article by a legitimate news outlet.

• A news report that contradicted your beliefs.

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Satire

• use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy

• misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts in into a new, false context to change its meaning

• uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that is is authentic content

• misinformation in which something is altered from the original, such as images that have had content added or removed using photo editing tools

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False Content

• uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that is is authentic content

• misinformation that is entirely made up and designed to deceive you into thinking that it's real

• misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts in into a new, false context to change its meaning

• use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy

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Imposter Content

• uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that is is authentic content

• use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy

• misinformation in which something is altered from the original, such as images that have had content added or removed using photo editing tools

• misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts in into a new, false context to change its meaning

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Manipulated Content

• uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that is is authentic content

• misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts in into a new, false context to change its meaning

• use of humor or exaggeration to critique or mock a person, organization or policy

• misinformation in which something is altered from the original, such as images that have had content added or removed using photo editing tools

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Fabricated Content

• misinformation in which something is altered from the original, such as images that have had content added or removed using photo editing tools

• misinformation that is entirely made up and designed to deceive you into thinking that it's real

• uses a well-known name, brand, or logo to fool people into believing that is is authentic content

• misinformation that takes an image, quote or other piece of content and puts in into a new, false context to change its meaning

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Partisan Bias

• a type of bias in which the journalist's own political views affect news coverage

• a type of bias in which a journalist's race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors such as culture or economic class, affects news coverage

• a type of bias in which the business or advertising interests of a news outlet, or the company that owns the news outlet "the parent company," influence how or even whether a story is reported

• a type of bias in which a journalist or news outlet tries so hard to avoid appearing biased that their coverage actually misrepresents the facts

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Demographic Bias

• a type of bias in which the business or advertising interests of a news outlet, or the company that owns the news outlet "the parent company," influence how or even whether a story is reported

• a type of bias in which a journalist or news outlet tries so hard to avoid appearing biased that their coverage actually misrepresents the facts

• a type of bias in which a journalist's assumptions or perceptions of a major event may cause them to ignore key facts, skew information, or jump to conclusions

• a type of bias in which a journalist's race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors such as culture or economic class, affects news coverage

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Corporate Bias

• a type of bias in which a journalist's assumptions or perceptions of a major event may cause them to ignore key facts, skew information, or jump to conclusions

• a type of bias in which the business or advertising interests of a news outlet, or the company that owns the news outlet "the parent company," influence how or even whether a story is reported

• a type of bias in which a journalist's race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors such as culture or economic class, affects news coverage

• a type of bias in which the journalist's own political views affect news coverage

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Neutrality Bias

• a type of bias in which the business or advertising interests of a news outlet, or the company that owns the news outlet "the parent company," influence how or even whether a story is reported

• a type of bias in which a journalist or news outlet tries so hard to avoid appearing biased that their coverage actually misrepresents the facts

• a type of bias in which a journalist's race, gender, ethnicity, and other factors such as culture or economic class, affects news coverage

• a type of bias in which the journalist's own political views affect news coverage

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