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Checkology News Literacy 101
Checkology News Literacy 101
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A quiz! to review the first three lessons of News Literacy 101 by Checkology.
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The purpose of advertising is to
Entertain
Sell
Inform
Provoke
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A good news article always includes all relevant facts
false
true
3
The purpose of opinion is to
Provoke
Inform
Sell
Persuade
4
The purpose of entertainment is to
Inform
Sell
Provoke
Entertain
5
Propoganda uses
Logic
False or distorted information
Evidence
Shocking images or words
6
Which of the following are questions help decide if a story is newsworthy?
How important is it?
How urgent or timely is it?
Does it have cats in it?
7
Which of the following are questions help decide if a story is newsworthy?
How unusual is it?
Is the story old, or is it new?
How interesting is it?
Does the story demonstrate something I believe?
8
An opinion piece (like an article in a newspaper, a blog post, or from a news website) uses
Logic
Shocking images or words
Evidence
False or distorted information
9
An example of bias is assuming all children are more likely to lie than all adults.
False
True
10
The purpose of news is to
Document
Inform
Sell
Provoke
11
A good opinion article always includes all relevant facts
false
true
12
The purpose of raw information is to
Sell
Provoke
Inform
Document
13
Examples of raw information are
A carefully written argument
A long list of data from a survey
A TV commercial
Security camera video footage
14
Facebook and Google tracks what you read, write and look at to decide what to show you.
false
true
15
Google shows the same results to every Google user when they search with the same words.
true
false
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The purpose of propaganda is to
Sell
Provoke
Inform
Persuade
