Unit 1 Vocabulary Term

the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group

• Primary Sources

• Culture

• Perspective

• Transparent

the fact of being who or what a person or thing is

• Journalism

• Social Media

• Transparent

• Identity

the action or process of talking about something to reach a decision or to exchange ideas

• Discussion

• Identity

• Bias

• Hyperbole

false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive

• Verification

• Transparent

• Culture

• Misinformation

false information, which is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a rival power or the media.

• Objective

• Verification

• Secondary Sources

• Disinformation

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

• Bias

• Hyperbole

• Disinformation

• Secondary Sources

the activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or preparing news to be broadcast

• Verification

• Anonymous Source

• Journalism

• Perspective

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

• Hyperbole

• Reliability

• Bias

• Objective

(Of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts

• Historical Thinking

• Reliability

• Transparent

• Objective

someone who is interviewed by a reporter but does not want to be named in the article the reporter writes

• Anonymous Source

• Discussion

• Identity

• Misinformation