Identifying Fake News: The Five C's Framework

The video tutorial discusses the dual nature of digital tools, highlighting their role in both facilitating content creation and spreading misinformation. It emphasizes the challenge students face in distinguishing real from fake news, citing a Stanford study. To address this, the video introduces the '5 C's of Critical Consuming': Context, Credibility, Construction, Corroboration, and Compare. These steps aim to enhance media literacy and critical thinking, which are vital for informed citizenship and democracy.

What is one of the main issues with the ease of creating and publishing work using digital tools?

• It is too expensive.

• It leads to a lack of creativity.

• It makes spreading misinformation easier.

• It reduces the quality of content.

According to the Stanford study, what percentage of high school students could identify an accurate news story?

• 25%

• 75%

• 90%

• 50%

What difficulty did students face besides identifying accurate news stories?

• Solving math problems

• Distinguishing between real and fake photographs and videos

• Understanding historical events

• Writing essays

What term did researchers use to describe the students' ability to identify fake news?

• Encouraging

• Hopeful

• Promising

• Bleak and dismaying

What is the first step in the 5 C's of critical consuming?

• Context

• Credibility

• Corroboration

• Construction

When checking the credibility of a source, what should you look for?

• The site's reputation for journalistic integrity

• The number of advertisements

• The color scheme of the website

• The length of the article

What should you analyze in the construction of an article?

• The number of images

• Bias, loaded words, and propaganda techniques

• The author's biography

• The font size

What does corroboration involve in the 5 C's of critical consuming?

• Checking the article's grammar

• Verifying the information with other credible sources

• Counting the number of paragraphs

• Reading the article multiple times

Why is it important to compare news sources from different ideological or political spectrums?

• To see which source has more advertisements

• To get a bigger picture and nuanced understanding

• To determine which source is more popular

• To find the shortest article

What is the ultimate benefit of teaching students media literacy?

• It fosters critical thinking, which is good for democracy.

• It makes them more popular.

• It improves their math skills.

• It helps them write better essays.