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Filter Bubbles Are Created ...
when social media sites using what they know about your habits.
when the knowledge of friends with, and who and what you follow is known.
when the info. about you is funneled into an algorithm
when the algorithm decides what to show on your news feed.
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Wikipedia is a bad place to begin a search or to trust.
True
False
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Who Can You Trust?
The Newspaper
FOX NEWS
Yourself to verify the truth
CNN
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Being exposed to information over and over again makes you start to believe it.
False
True
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How do you search laterally?
Search social media.
Read the news.
Open new tabs while leaving the original open.
Read straight down the website for information.
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Why would you search laterally?
So that I can play games when no one is looking.
To check if the information on another site is true.
To find the best price for something I want to buy.
To gather information from multiple sites.
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Catfishing Online is?
Pretending to be someone else.
A game.
A sports show.
Trying to trick someone for fun.
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Confirmation Bias...
gives more weight to information that confirms our beliefs.
Is stronger when it is an emotionally charged issue.
Is when we always try to look at multiple sides of information.
causes us to remember info. selectively that supports our beliefs.
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Social Media and the Internet know more about you than you know.
True
False
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All information is created for a purpose. What could those be?
To influence your opinion
Entertainment
Provide news
To make you fall asleep
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The most accurate way to decide if you can trust information you find online is...
search social media.
to find out who is sharing the info. and why.
watch only the channel of news you trust.
ask if it is true it on Google.
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What or Who decides what is trending online?
Facebook
Instagram
a person
an algorithm
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If you search, "Are cats better than dogs?" on Google what would show up the most?
cats
dogs
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Ways to Avoid Confirmation Bias and Filter Bubbles
Just follow what you like and you will be okay.
Follow People who have different viewpoints and perspectives than you.
Look for or do not select or mark best, top, or favorite in your apps.
Do not engage with outrageous content.
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How do Social Media and the Internet Target their ads?
The settings on your devices, allow them into your data.
They get info. about you from the platform you are using.
They collect data on what you post and search.
They geotrack your searching.
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What is an algorithm?
Set of rules/operations a computer uses to complete a task.
Coding a complicated website.
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Social Media is shaping our...
how we sleep.
how we consume goods and services.
your thoughts and actions.
off-line behaviors.
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What is a Filter Bubble?
Something we unknowingly fall into when using digital media.
Something you put on your camera.
Something that makes it harder for us to hear things we do not agree with.
Being surrounded by voices we already agree with.
