News Feed Defenders and Cast Your Vote

What are the three categories in media?

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f

g

Reputation

Popularity

Dislikes

Likes

Credible

Integrity

Focus

Traffic

Which of the four rules of journalism (article, story, or social media post) it impacts based on the information below:

The source of the information within a story (cited report or interview). Select all that applies.

• Accuracy

• Transparency

• Trustworthiness

• Impartiality

Which of the four rules of journalism (article, story, or social media post) it impacts based on the information below:

The source of a story (the publisher, network, or website) Select all that applies.

• Accuracy

• Transparency

• Trustworthiness

• Impartiality

Mirrored news sites deceive readers by creating content that is false and...

• Taking over the original site for an advertisement

• turning every website into a webcam.

• presenting it on a fake version of a credible website.

• increasing the traffic for the original site.

Internet bots can sway public opinion by: Select all that applies.

• Inflating the impact of a social media post through faked likes, retweets, etc.

• Creating and blasting biased content to inflame people’s opinions on an issue

• Creating fake popularity and reputations of people who by the bot traffic

• Publishing real facts using primary sources

New stories should provide accurate and verifiable information. Sources should be credited and sited. This is known as ​ (a)   . Content must clearly communicate its purpose, especially when it's not a news article. Without this the article does not show ​ (b)   . It's important to know the source of what is read. Make sure the source is legitimate or has​ (c)   . News stories should not show (d)   in the coverage of an event or topic. If there are multiple sides to a story, they should be provided, this is know as: ​ (e)   .

• accuracy
• transparency
• trustworthiness
• bias
• impartiality
• symbolism
• fake news
• click bait
• slander
• outsourcing

What are the violations of this news report?

Match the roles to the correct job.

• Curators

• Can view posts and investigate posts

• Members

• Can report or flag posts that do not follow site rules

• Guests

• Can comment on articles and post articles

• Moderators

• Can feature posts to hurt or help metrics

What are the violations of this news report?

A ​ (a)   ​ can comment on posts but cannot ​ (b)   or feature posts. Only a curator or ​ (c)   can do this.

• member
• flag
• admin
• Guest
• Moderator
• review
• report
• post
• news reporter
• reverse