Rock & Roll
This term refers to the ability to critically examine media content and judge its credibility.
What is media literacy?
The most effective long-term response to fake news combines accurate information with this skill.
What is critical thinking?
This ethical theory says a person has a duty to do the right thing with no exceptions and no concern for consequences.
What is rule-based thinking (deontology)?
This lens would object to publishing true information even if it benefits the public, if it violates an individual’s moral entitlement.
What is the Rights Lens?
The talk opens with an outrageous claim about government leaders being this.
What are lizard aliens?
This type of thinking often outweighs objective facts when people form opinions.
What is emotional or irrational thinking?
This famous journalistic case illustrates ends-based thinking triumphing over rule-based thinking.
What is the Pentagon Papers case?
This lens argues that treating people differently can be ethical—as long as the standard used is defensible, such as need or merit.
What is the Justice Lens?
This popular vacation destination is incorrectly implied to be part of Australia.
What is Bali?
People often trust information more when it appears high in this online list.
What are Google search results?
This ethical rule asks decision-makers to imagine themselves in the place of those affected by their actions.
What is the Golden Rule?
This lens asks whether an action preserves the social systems we all depend on, even when no single person is directly harmed.
What is the Common Good Lens?
Rock and roll is jokingly described as this in the spread of misinformation.
What is a gateway drug?
Search engines rank information based on keywords, not this.
What is truth or accuracy?
This ethical approach asks which action produces the greatest good for the greatest number.
What is ends-based thinking (utilitarianism)?
This lens might justify harming a few individuals if doing so increases overall happiness for a much larger group.
What is the Utilitarian Lens?
The speaker intentionally includes false or absurd details to encourage this audience behavior.
What is fact-checking?
Relying on your first reaction instead of careful thought is known as trusting this.
What is your gut?
In ethical decision-making, people who may be helped or harmed by a decision are called these.
Who are stakeholders?
This lens is concerned less with rules or outcomes and more with the habits your decision builds over time.
What is the Virtue Lens?