Information and News Media questions

What information must all news media cover about an event?

• Who, what, when, where, why, how

• Who, when, where, why, how

• Who, what, when, where, why

• What happened and will it affect my life?

False or inaccurate information intended to deceive

• Misleading information
• Disinformation

• Deceptive content
• False information

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

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

• Lateral reading

• fact-checking

• verification

• cross-referencing

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.W.9-10.8

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

• Misinformation

• Lateral reading

• Confirmation Bias

• Corroboration

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CCSS.SL.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.8

A specific type of corroboration on a topic that uses three (3+) or more sources to test validity.

• Triangulation

• Disinformation

• Corroboration

• Standardization

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CCSS.SL.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.7

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Our brain's tendency to seek out information that confirms things we already think we know or believe

• Who, what, when, where, why, how

• Confirmation Bias

• Misinformation

• Velocitization

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public.

• Satire
• Disinformation

• Click bait
• misinformation

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

Stories that are created to deliberately mislead audiences, promote a biased point of view or a particular political cause or agenda.

• propaganda

• clickbait

• satire

• hoax

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

How to tell if a news item might be fake? (may have more than one answer)

• When the headline is very scary
• It leads with a conspiracy theory

• When you cannot point out a source (anonymous)
• when it contains confusing content

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

CCSS.W.9-10.8

Which of these would make you think a source is not trustworthy?

• You don't recognize the author's name

• You disagree with the content of the article

• There are no links to sources or evidence

• there aren't any images

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CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.SL.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.8