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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 raw information is to
Sell
Provoke
Document
Inform
2
The purpose of opinion is to
Sell
Provoke
Persuade
Inform
3
The purpose of advertising is to
Inform
Sell
Provoke
Entertain
4
The purpose of news is to
Inform
Sell
Document
Provoke
5
An example of bias is assuming all children are more likely to lie than all adults.
True
False
6
A good opinion article always includes all relevant facts
true
false
7
The purpose of entertainment is to
Inform
Entertain
Sell
Provoke
8
Examples of raw information are
Security camera video footage
A long list of data from a survey
A carefully written argument
A TV commercial
9
Facebook and Google tracks what you read, write and look at to decide what to show you.
true
false
10
Google shows the same results to every Google user when they search with the same words.
false
true
11
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?
12
An opinion piece (like an article in a newspaper, a blog post, or from a news website) uses
Shocking images or words
False or distorted information
Evidence
Logic
13
A good news article always includes all relevant facts
true
false
14
Propoganda uses
False or distorted information
Logic
Shocking images or words
Evidence
15
Which of the following are questions help decide if a story is newsworthy?
Is the story old, or is it new?
How unusual is it?
Does the story demonstrate something I believe?
How interesting is it?
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The purpose of propaganda is to
Sell
Persuade
Inform
Provoke
