Crash Course: Navigating Digital Information

How do 68% of adults in the United States get their news?

• Newspaper

• Social Media

• Broadcast news

• News website

What symbol tells you an article on the internet if "fully-protected"?

• Lock with a gold chain in it

• Silver Lock

• Lock in the upper right hand corner

• Gold Lock

True or False: Search Engines rank your search results based on how trustworthy the site is?

• True

• False

When evaluating sites and information you should read ________

• Diagonally

• Vertically

• Laterally

• All of the above

Why are social media apps free?

• There are advertisements

• You pay in the end

• It's based on how many people use it

• All of the above

________ is a good site to use to reverse image search

Nonprofits normally have what extension on their URL?

• .com

• .edu

• .org

• .net

Types of acceptable evidence include photographs, data, and videos.

• True

• False

How many people shared a fake post about a deadly spider?

• 5 million

• 15

• 1500

• 1.5 million

What do you need to check before trusting a source? (Choose the best answer) 

• Authority and Perspective

• Authority only

• Perspective only

• Synergy