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Information and Media Literacy: Final Game Day
Information and Media Literacy: Final Game Day
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Google ranks a webpage's importance by
looking at how many outside links point to a specific page
analyzing the relevance of each page's content
the quality of the page's graphics, images, and text
only my key words
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According to Marc Prensky, who or what is a digital native?
Someone who is passionate about the web, technology, and the digital world
Anyone who show proficiency in navigating the digital world
The creators of the internet
born after 1980, grown up using technology so is innately familiar
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Backfire effect is . . .
when there's a fire, you open the door, and fire comes at you
finding search results that we find personally offensive
adhering to our beliefs even more strongly, despite contrary evidence
emotional acceptance of evidence that is contrary to our belief
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"INFORMATION AS FOOD" is the idea that...
INFORMATION IS A RECIPE
THERE'S TOO MUCH INFORMATION
THE AMOUNT OF FOOD/INFORMATION IS NOT THE PROBLEM, IT'S OUR DIET
WE ARE SO STUFFED WITH INFORMATION WE'RE OBESE
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Do you have a constitutional right to privacy? (2 correct answers)
It is alluded to, but there is no specific right to privacy
No
It depends on the supreme court
Yes
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The largest contributor to content on the invisible web is
Authors of blogs
Librarians
Information locked in databases
Information on personal websites rarely visited
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The invisible web is made up of
information that is left out of search engine indexes
Everything on the web
information that is too academic for a general audience
information that is too complex for the general public
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Compared to the developed world, the The United States provides citizens with high speed internet at an affordable rate
False
True
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Your right to free speech is guaranteed by the. . .
First amendment
Fourteenth amendment
Speech protection act of 1893
American Civil Liberties Union
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Professor Shannon made a comment insulting the intelligence of his female co-workers on social media
He can NOT be fired or reprimanded because his speech is protected
He can NOT be fired, but he can be required to attend sensitivity training
He can be fired and held legally accountable for his offensive comments
He CAN be fired, but he can NOT be punished legally
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Hate speech. . .
is discriminatory language that is punishable by law
is bad Mmkay
is NOT protected by the first amendment
has no legal definition and is therefore PROTECTED by the 1st amendment
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copyright refers to
legal protection given to the expression of ideas in visual or audio form
ownership rights you have for physical items that you have purchased
legal protection given for designs that distinguish a particular brand
exclusive right given to an invention that creates a new technical solution
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When you search using a general search engine (like Google) you are searching
Everything on the internet
The entire world wide web
The websites that are sent to the search engine company
The search engine’s index of the web
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Obscene language and images are. . .
Fully protected by the first amendment
Not fully protected, hard to define, and constantly evolving
Never protected by the first amendment in any circumstance
Fully protected for people over the age of 13
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According to Larry Lessig, read only culture refers to a culture in which
people only read by skimming and do not take notes or highlight topics
media is produced by the few and is passively consumed by the many
people only read and do not listen to music, look at art, or watch TV/film
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Which of the following generally provides the fastest internet service?
Cable internet using copper wires
Fiber optic internet
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line)
Satellite internet
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The best description of a "scholarly article" is...
written by an expert in his/her field and published in peer reviewed source
a research article
written by a scholar for a magazine
an article read by scholars
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How has the internet & reading online changed how we read and interact with information (2 correct)?
It improves ability to read for longer periods of time
People who read online skim read and bounce between sites
It hasn't. We read just as much if not more than before
Efficiency & distractions online weakens deep reading
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What is one reason that rural areas have slow or no internet in the United States? (2 correct answers--pick one)
It is nearly impossible to run fiber wiring in hilly terrain
The internet is not treated as a public utility in the U.S.A.
It is not profitable for companies to invest in infrastructure there
Rural Americans shun technology
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Read-write culture is a culture in which people are encouraged to
read the same amount as they write
read books and write notes as they read
rearrange, remix, and edit existing materials to create something new
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The default privacy setting for Google and most every social media site is
to keep your information private
set to your preferences
set for maximum data collection
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According to "Check Please! Starter Course" you should find the original research study mentioned in an article because
only parts of the original research might be selected to bias the article
the "lame stream" media can rarely be trusted these days
your professor said so
it is fulfilling and enriching to be fully informed
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Intellectual property right refers to
legal rights given to people over the creations of their minds
Protects business and product names, logos, and slogans
protection of people's personal thoughts/ideas from government intrusion
specific rights given to people;s literary creations
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Intellectual property rights are divided into two main categories:
trademarks and patents
copyright and industrial property
music and literature
ideas that advance humanity and ideas that only serve to profit the creator
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Google's motivation to collect information on users is to
aggregate data on preferences & use to sell advertising
spy on us
personalize search
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Most of the data gathering by social media companies goes on behind the scenes and is unaffected by privacy settings
True
Depends on the social media site
False
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When results are displayed based on user preferences & the
elimination
of alternative views...
it is awesome
it is referred to as bias
it is referred to as a "filter bubble"
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Patents refer to the exclusive right given to
creators of logos, symbols and designs
creators of any inventions
creator(s) of an invention that provides a new way of doing something
intellectual property right holders
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Filter Failure is the idea...
that people struggle to evaluate information
that the design & presentation of info is challenging
that there's too much information.
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A student falsely claimed in the school newspaper that Prof Shannon swore at students in a fit of rage. This is
inappropriate speech, but no legal action can be taken
defamation which is NOT a protected form of speech. He can sue student
fake news, which is a protected form of speech. Sorry, no law suit
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Confirmation bias is (2 correct)
The way that google personalizes search results based on your interests
Google's algorithm of oppression
ignoring or discrediting information that runs counter to our beliefs
actively seeking out information that confirms what we believe
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A router. . .
is an organization that provides services for using the internet
is a computer program which manages access to a centralized service
is a number given to each device on a network that uses the internet
directs internet traffic to ensure that data arrives at the right location
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Google uses spiders--also known as web crawlers and bots--to
create a record of the individual users searches and website visits
invade the personal privacy of google users
create an index of the web so that users retrieve relevant search results
create personalized searches for google users
