Media Literacy Flashcard (iCivics-Newsfeed Defenders)

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Which element of high quality journalism should provide accurate and verifiable information? Sources should be credited and cited.

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Accuracy

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How can a bot seem real?

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They could have a lot of friends/followers, They "like" different people's post and retweet it, They can be designed to carry on chat conversations.

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Mirrored news sites deceive readers by creating content that is false and...

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presenting it as if it was the original website

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Which element of high quality journalism should make sure the source is legitimate, whether a reliable network or expert?

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Trustworthiness

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What is bias in the media?

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News reported in a partial/prejudiced manner.

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Which element of high quality journalism should provide multiple sides to a story?

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Impartiality

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True or False? You should give your password to your friends.

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FALSE

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Everything you read online is always 100% correct.

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False

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What can you do to tell if a website is a mirrored website?

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Check the article for bias, Look for misspellings in the name of the website, Look and see if there are a lot of popups/ads.

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Bots are _____________________________.

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Computer scripts that learn from you