Studeo 5: Text 3.2 & Glossary 3

1)

___________

is not only related to your reading skills but also to your own writing skills,

• Illiterate

• Literate

• Literacy

• Iterate

... which should be kept in mind when we are 2)

__________

texts of our own.

• composing

• combating

• corroding

• combing

When doing so, where do we often go for reference? Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, of course! A wiki is a website that enables 3)

__________

writing and modification using the web browser.

• collaborative

• corroborated

• correlative

• corrosive

According to fairly recent research published in the Public Relations Journal, almost 60% of the Wikipedia articles contain 4)

__________

errors.

• ineffectual

• accentual

• residual

• factual

This might make you think twice before using it as your only 5)

__________ .

• referendum

• reverence

• reference

• referees

There are also 6)

__________ , who regularly change texts without anyone noticing.

• encyclopedias

• references

• browsers

• vandals

Bear in mind that using somebody else’s materials in your text is not usually legal without 7)

__________ .

• percussion

• permission

• remission

• omission

Some materials are protected by strict copyrights laws while others are 8)

__________

to other users via Creative Commons licensing.

• irresistible

• accessible

• gullible

• visible

We are living in the Age of Information and, unfortunately, also disinformation. 9)

__________

will become more common and even harder to detect in the future,

• Democratisation

• Decomposition

• Decapitation

• Deception

... so don't be too 10)

__________ ! Remember this, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't."

• accessible

• gullible

• visible

• illegal