What is lateral reading?

Using search engines like Wikipedia to get pointers to reliable sources, Seeking background knowledge or reliable indicators of trustworthiness

What types of information are meant to be critically ignored in the digital world, according to Kozyreva?

False and misleading information, Trolls and Malicious Actors, Distracting and low-quality information

Which of these is NOT part of the 'Hooked Model'?

Using shock context to grab user attention quickly

What is the importance of Critical Ignoring?

Helps people to filter information to control exposure to false content

Why is new media such an issue?

New media is hard to disengage with due to its addictive nature, Allows the development of echo chambers in the pursuit of attention capture

What is self-nudging?

When people shape their environment to encourage better decision-making

What is the attention economy?

A way for companies to offer free goods but profit from selling user data

What is critical ignoring in the attention economy?

Choosing what to ignore and where to invest one's limited attention

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What is lateral reading?
Verifying credibility on various online websites by looking for indications
Using search engines like Wikipedia to get pointers to reliable sources
Seeking background knowledge or reliable indicators of trustworthiness
Reflecting the content of online web pages to determine their credibility
2
What is the 'do not feed the trolls' heuristic?
Removing the negative social rewards users get from problematic behaviour
All of the above
Resist engaging with problematic online individuals by ignoring them
Blocking trolls and reporting them to the platform
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What types of information are meant to be critically ignored in the digital world, according to Kozyreva?
False and misleading information
Internet Influencers and Podcast Hosts
Trolls and Malicious Actors
Distracting and low-quality information
4
Which of these is NOT part of the 'Hooked Model'?
Utilising short-form videos of the user's interest
Using shock context to grab user attention quickly
Exploiting people's vulnerabilities by making new media feel mandatory
Rewarding the user for posting on a social media platform
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What is the importance of Critical Ignoring?
Allows people to stop seeing ads on the internet
Disregarding information that doesn't align with your own personal beliefs
Helps people to filter information to control exposure to false content
Allows people to ignore the critical things in life
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Why is new media such an issue?
It is too expensive and unaffordable, therefore not harmful to society
New media is too advanced for the older generation which is not profitable
New media is hard to disengage with due to its addictive nature
Allows the development of echo chambers in the pursuit of attention capture
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What is self-nudging?
Giving yourself small rewards for completing tasks to boost motivation
A technique used to bring your focus back to the information you want
The act of controlling addictive habits to optimise information consumption
When people shape their environment to encourage better decision-making
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What is the attention economy?
When companies take advantage of user consumption online for profit
A way for companies to offer free goods but profit from selling user data
When the government uses the internet to spy on user data and sell it
A financial system where users trade their information for entertainment
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Overconsumption is dangerous
False
True
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What is critical ignoring in the attention economy?
Disregarding all negative feedback to maintain self-confidence
A technique used in debates to avoid addressing strong opposing arguments
Choosing what to ignore and where to invest one's limited attention
The task of focusing only on information that aligns with one's beliefs

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