Media Literacy

An example of bias in an article would be...

• Providing direct quotes

• Using words that favor one political party
• Including relevant facts

Bias in media can negatively influence your understanding of news events because...

• It makes the news more fun to watch

• It can distort the actual truth
• it can make news more interesting

What is lateral reading?

• Checking other sources to verify information
• Skimming through the information
• Re-reading the same source more carefully, searching for bias or lies

What is the risk of not reading laterally?

• Becoming very knowledgeable in one single source

• believing or spreading incorrect information
• Running out of things to read

Define confirmation bias?

• the tendency of people to search for or surround themselves with information that matches their beliefs
• cyberbullying because of different political beliefs

Which of the following indicates that the article may have misleading information?

• short in length

• only shows one viewpoint

• has many authors

When you are evaluating evidence, you should always make sure to look for the following:

(Choose all that apply.)

• if the source can be trusted

• if the article has professional photos

• what the author's qualifications are

Why is it so important to be "media literate"?

• It improves reading comprehension

• It helps in making informed decisions and maintaining truth
• It makes the news more interesting and can make your post go viral

When you are evaluating the credibility of a news source, you should make sure to look for the following:

• the layout/design of the website

• Author's qualifications, source's reputation, if the evidence can be verified as true
• how many advertisements and social media shares there are

What is misinformation?

• presenting information in a certain way to persuade people of something

• False information is easy to come across on the Internet because content is often not monitored by any one neutral group.

• • media tells people about what is happening in the world around them.