News & Media
Social media is a type of ______________.
texture
media
source
frenzy
media
Before you share an online story, you should ______________ that it is true.
misrepresent
imitate
enhance
verify
verify
A video that is not real but is made to look real is a __________ video.
genuine
rough
verified
fake
fake
Facts expressed in numbers—for example, “94% of respondents agreed”—are called _____________.
frenzies
textures
sources
statistics
statistics
The photo has been checked, so it is _____________.
verified
verification
verify
verifying
verified
A website, newspaper, television station, or reporter that provides information can be a news __________.
statistic
coverage
source
imitation
source
A person, organization, document, or website that gives information is a ______________.
statistic
texture
source
frenzy
source
“Rough,” “smooth,” and “soft” can describe the ___________ of an object’s surface.
texture
source
coverage
statistics
texture
Social media can __________ the way people understand world events.
imitate
detect
shape
verify
shape
Programming experts are often involved in the ___________ of fake videos.
detect
detection
detected
detective
detection
Television news programs often provide live ____________ of important events.
coverage
misuse
texture
verification
coverage
Police may use special software to ____________ whether a video has been edited or manipulated.
misrepresent
cover
shape
detect
detect
Photo-editing software can ____________ the colors in an image, making them brighter or clearer.
misuse
enhance
detect
verify
enhance
Using technology, information, or a product in a harmful or inappropriate way is called ___________.
verification
coverage
literacy
misuse
misuse
During the interview, the actor claimed she was _________________ in previous reports.
misrepresent
misrepresentation
misrepresented
misrepresenting
misrepresented
The profession of collecting, writing, and reporting news is called _______________.
detection
literacy
media
journalism
journalism
The process of checking that an email address, account, image, or fact is genuine is called _______________.
imitation
misrepresentation
verification
coverage
verification
The artist can ___________ the painting style of famous classical painters.
detect
verify
imitate
cover
imitate
The celebrity’s arrest caused intense and excited media attention, creating a media ____________.
frenzy
texture
source
statistic
frenzy
The software company introduced strict penalties for the ____________ of its products.
misuses
misused
misusing
misuse
misuse
Technology has completely changed the nature of the media _____________.
source
industry
frenzy
texture
industry
The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media responsibly is called media _____________.
frenzy
industry
texture
literacy
literacy
Editing a video so that it gives a false or unfair impression of someone’s views is to _____________ those views.
misrepresent
enhance
imitate
verify
misrepresent
If an amount is much larger than is fair, reasonable, or expected, it is ______________.
genuine
disproportionate
intriguing
legendary
disproportionate
The newspaper issued an apology for its _________________ of the actor’s comments.
misrepresentated
misrepresentation
misrepresent
misrepresenting
misrepresentation