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Information Zones
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How can you tell if information is trying to PROVOKE you?
If you do not understand it
If you have an angry emotional reaction
If you feel physically threatened
If you have been challenged
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What does UNVERIFIED mean in regards to information?
Not checked for accuracy by an editor or expert.
Not true
Severely biased
Written in a foreign language
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If the Information Zone is ADVERTISING, what is the Purpose?
Make you aware of an issue
Promote a political agenda
Sell you a product or service
Help further a celebrity's career
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Sources that are meant to INFORM you about current events should do their best to use...
bias
strong opinions
quotes from celebrities
facts and reliable evidence
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How do PERSUASIVE sources try to get you to believe them?
By offering you an incentive
With threats
By lying to you outright
With (biased) evidence and reasoned logic
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If the Information Zone is PROPAGANDA, what is the Purpose?
persuade
provoke
entertain
inform
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If the Information Zone is RAW INFORMATION, its Purpose is to...
document
defend
deceive
persuade
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If the Information Zone is ENTERTAINMENT, what is the Purpose? (gift question)
To Condemn
To Judge
To inspire
To ENTERTAIN
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Why is information that tries to SELL you a product sometimes tricky?
They do not give the accurate price.
They are viruses.
There are too many.
They are disguised as something else.
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Why can PROPAGANDA be dangerous?
all of these are correct
it purposefully misinforms
it could incite violence
it could make people very angry
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RAW INFORMATION
has not been...
recorded or saved
vetted or verified
disputed or challenged
shared or dispersed
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If the Information Zone is NEWS, what is the Purpose?
to persuade
to sell
to inform
to provoke
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What are some goals of information meant to ENTERTAIN?
make you believe something
Make you want to buy something
make you angry
make you laugh, draw you into a story
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If the Information Zone is OPINION, what is the Purpose?
offend
persuade
defy
intimidate
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Which of these is NOT a Primary Purpose of information?
to inform, to provoke
to persuade, to entertain
to embarrass, to scold
to document, to sell
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Information made to DOCUMENT does what?
Lies
Plagiarizes
Intimidates
Creates a record
