WorksheetsNavigating Digital Media
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 30mins
What groups did Crash Course team up with?
Media Wise
New York Times
SHEG
“Understanding where information comes from (a) .”
What is the first question we must about media?
Why am I not on Tiktok roght now?
Who made this and why?
What is being sold to me?
Where can I find out more?
Who do professional fact checkers work with?
History books
News Organizations
Social Media
Calling up a source
What is one of the well-known fact checking sites?
What are the three questions you should ask when researching credible sources?
What does the website look like?
What is the evidence used on the website?
Who is behind the information?
What do other sources say about the evidence and its claims?
John Green says “The sheer ___________ of evidence is not enough to verify a claim. The _______________ of evidence, on the other hand, is reason to be skeptical of its veracity until you can ____________.”
(a)
“Better information makes for (a) ”
Everything that is created has a ___________.
fact
sales pitch
purpose
idea
What makes a website look authoritative?
Well designed logo
references and citations
a pretty color
professional photos
) Draw a picture of what your browser should look like when you are researching.
As you get older “ (a) ” no longer cuts it.
Evidence could be __________, ________, _________, _______, as long as it supports a claim and gives you a good reason to believe it’s true
(a)
What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
Define click restraint
Algorithms are not __________. There’s always going to be a degree of _________ influence even if that degree is supposed to be _________.
(a)
What is an algorithm?
Should you add a variety of opinions to your feed?
What is a filter bubble?
