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WorksheetsCrash Course: Navigating Digital Information
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 25mins
How do 68% of adults in the United States get their news?
Newspaper
Social Media
Broadcast news
News website
What symbol tells you an article on the internet if "fully-protected"?
Lock with a gold chain in it
Silver Lock
Lock in the upper right hand corner
Gold Lock
True or False: Search Engines rank your search results based on how trustworthy the site is?
True
False
When evaluating sites and information you should read ________
Diagonally
Vertically
Laterally
All of the above
Why are social media apps free?
There are advertisements
You pay in the end
It's based on how many people use it
All of the above
(a) is a good site to use to reverse image search
Nonprofits normally have what extension on their URL?
.com
.edu
.org
.net
Types of acceptable evidence include photographs, data, and videos.
True
False
How many people shared a fake post about a deadly spider?
5 million
15
1500
1.5 million
What do you need to check before trusting a source? (Choose the best answer)
Authority and Perspective
Authority only
Perspective only
Synergy
You should be suspicious of sources you have already found trustworthy
True
False
The quality of our _______ affects the quality of our ______
1-viewpoints 2-decisions
1-viewpoints 2-information
1-information 2-decisions
1-viewpoints 2-sources
One of the 3 questions fact checkers ask includes:
When was the site created?
Where was the information created?
What is the evidence for their claims?
Why was the data created?
When looking at a picture it is important to note if the source has provided:
Multiple pictures
The Date
Information or Sources
Context, Location, and Photo Credit
When you encounter data visualizations it is important to check that:
The source is reliable
The data is semi-accurate
The information is presented in a biased way
The data is irrelevant
