Fake News Quiz

What did the Stanford researchers evaluate in their study?

• Students' ability to verify photographs

• Students' ability to identify sponsored content

• Students' ability to create fake news

• Students' ability to assess information sources

What percentage of middle school students believed that 'sponsored content' was a real news story?

• Around 30%

• Less than 20%

• More than 80%

• Around 50%

What did the high school students accept without verifying?

• Quotes

• Statistics

• Headlines

• Photographs

What percentage of students thought a fake Fox News account was more trustworthy than the real one?

• Around 20%

• Around 30%

• More than 50%

• Less than 10%

What did the researchers ask college students to evaluate?

• A news article from a mainstream source

• A tweet from an activist group

• A photograph from a reliable source

• A survey conducted by a polling firm

What did most Stanford students struggle to identify?

• The difference between a mainstream and fringe source

• The difference between a reliable and biased source

• The difference between a news article and an opinion piece

• The difference between a verified and unverified source

What did the study demonstrate about U.S. classrooms?

• They have relied too heavily on filters for valid sources

• They have effectively taught students to evaluate sources

• They have failed to teach students to evaluate sources

• They have focused too much on evaluating sources

What is the solution proposed by the researchers?

• To teach students to read like fact checkers

• To remove the rights of ordinary citizens

• To restrict access to information sources

• To rely on editors and librarians for evaluation

What is the main implication of the study's results?

• A threat to democracy

• An increase in fake news creators

• A decrease in social media platforms

• A decrease in content creators