Conflict Resolution and Media Literacy Mastery Quiz

What are some factors to consider when evaluating online sources?

• reputation, objectivity, comprehensiveness, timeliness, and neutrality

• authority, objectivity, comprehensibility, timeliness, and neutrality

• credibility, accuracy, relevance, currency, and bias

• popularity, objectivity, comprehensiveness, timeliness, and neutrality

Why is it important to evaluate news articles for credibility?

• To ensure accuracy, reliability, and unbiased information.

• To waste time and effort

• To promote misinformation

• To support biased opinions

What are some red flags to look out for when evaluating social media posts?

• Lack of credible sources, sensational or exaggerated claims, misleading or manipulated images or videos, grammatical errors or spelling mistakes, and a high number of likes or shares without meaningful engagement.

• Presence of credible sources, use of clear and concise language, use of relevant hashtags, high number of followers

• Low number of likes or shares, use of professional images, lack of personal opinions or experiences, excessive use of statistics

• Lack of engagement from other users, excessive use of emojis, too many hashtags, use of clickbait headlines

What is one way to verify the credibility of a news article?

• Cross-checking with multiple reliable sources

• Believing everything you read

• Reading the comments on the article

• Checking the author's social media accounts

What is the problem with not citing your sources?

• You never prove that your opinions or answers are correct

• nothing, citing sources is not important

• you think you know EVERYTHING

A credible source is a source of information that is:

• Unbiased

• Written by a professional author

• Supported by evidence

• Posted on social media

Bias

• one-sided viewpoint; prejudice in favor or against a person, thing, or group

• a balanced and objective viewpoint

• the purpose or intent an author conveys

• friends that take your side and agree with you

Fake news stories are stories that:

• Disagree with your political beliefs

• Accidentally make a mistake

• Have a clear bias

• Are intentionally false or misleading

You should be skeptical of media.  Skeptical means

• doubtful
• daring
• deceiving
• delighted

When doing research and finding a reliable source, you should do the following:

• Find out the author of the site and their point of view.
• Look at all the advertisements.
• Change all the information on the website.
• Make sure the site has cool videos.