Fact Checking
What are Snopes and Politifact?
Fact-checking websites that the public can use to check on whether information is accurate?
What is Click Restraint?
Avoiding clicking on the first web search in order to get a better feel for the information that is available.
What types of graphics can be manipulated?
Any! Photos, graphs, videos, etc. It's always best practice to fact-check.
Why is there no one place to go to for accurate information?
Because information is made by humans who can be wrong.
Opinion
What is lateral reading?
When you search for more information about a page/author/subject/etc. instead of taking information at face value.
What is Context?
The circumstances that a setting for an event, statement, idea, etc. took place and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.
What is one way a graph can be manipulated?
Change the scale or change the axis
What is Misinformation?
When incorrect information is shared without knowing it's not true.
Avengers Endgame had the highest grossing premiere weekend of any movie ever.
Fact
What is the first thing you should do when you learn new information?
Laterally read for more information to determine whether the information is correct.
What is Confirmation Bias?
Assuming something is correct because it confirms what you think it should be.
What is a Reverse Image Search?
Searching Google or other sites for source information to prove the validity of a photo.
What is Disinformation?
When information that is incorrect is presented know that it is incorrect.
Squirrels are vile creatures.
Opinion
What is one question you should ask yourself when deciding whether a source is reliable?
Who is behind the information?
What is the evidence for their claim?
What do other sources say about the organization and its claim?
How should Wikipedia be used to find out accurate information?
Check the sources on a page.
What is one way a picture can be manipulated?
Photoshopped, taken out of context, no source included, etc.
How do you check a website's validity?
Check who is behind the website, check what others say about the website, investigate any sources on the website, etc.
Squirrels were responsible for the Stock Market shutdowns of 1987 and 1994.
Fact
What is one question you should ask if you come across data?
1. Does this data actually support the claim that is being made?
2. Is the source of this data reliable?
What is a Filter Bubble?
It is based on the things you like and search for that surrounds you with things that you already know you and like to sell more of your attention.
What is a Deep Fake?
A video in which the image of a famous person is merged with a voice actor who provides the facial movements and voice to fool the public into believing the famous person said something they never said.
What is one question you should ask when checking a sources authority?
1. What is the author's background?
2. What is the process that the source used to get its information?
3. What systems are in place to check for errors?
English is the best subject ever.
Fact :) (Jk-Opinion)