What is media quiz?

Media is

• The people who report and write news

• The news

• Movies and TV shows

• The plural of the Latin word “medium”

The bad news about digital technology is:

• It’s hard to use

• It’s expensive

• It allows misinformation to be spread easily.

• All of these

The best defense against misinformation is:

• Getting off social media

• Checking out what you read and see

• Avoiding the Internet

• Staying away from stories that make you uncomfortable

We should be most suspicious of stories that:

• We disagree with

• Make us uncomfortable

• Provoke a strong emotional reaction

• Seem bizarre

To figure out whether information you receive is credible, you should:

• Check the date it was published

• See if it comes from a reliable source

• See if you can learn the names of people who provided that information and how to contact them

• All of the above

You should avoid news sites that have corrections pages or corrections on their stories.

• True

• False

Examples of media include (pick all that apply):

• Billboards

• Radio

• Newspapers

• TV

Reporters gather news by:

• Reading the internet

• Talking to experts

• Finding documents

• All of the above

It’s better to avoid bad news; it just brings up a lot of negativity.

• True

• False

Satire is

• A form of Russian disinformation

• A joke or an exaggeration aimed at making a serious point

• An original Netflix series

• A color between sapphire and teal