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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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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
2
Facebook and Google tracks what you read, write and look at to decide what to show you.
true
false
3
The purpose of raw information is to
Inform
Sell
Provoke
Document
4
The purpose of entertainment is to
Sell
Entertain
Inform
Provoke
5
Examples of raw information are
A carefully written argument
A TV commercial
A long list of data from a survey
Security camera video footage
6
Which of the following is not a type of misinformation?
Fabricated Content
Satire
False Context
Fake News
7
The purpose of news is to
Document
Inform
Sell
Provoke
8
Imposter content is when someone uses a well-known name or logo to trick people.
False
True
9
The purpose of advertising is to
Inform
Entertain
Provoke
Sell
10
Propoganda uses
Shocking images or words
Logic
False or distorted information
Evidence
11
A good opinion article always includes all relevant facts
false
true
12
Fake News, at first, referred to what?
News parodies, such as The Onion
News Tabloid magazines, such as The National Enquirer
News based on political agendas.
News that has some parts true and some parts false
13
Which of the following are questions help decide if a story is newsworthy?
Does the story demonstrate something I believe?
Is the story old, or is it new?
How interesting is it?
How unusual is it?
14
The purpose of propaganda is to
Inform
Sell
Persuade
Provoke
15
An example of bias is assuming all children are more likely to lie than all adults.
False
True
16
A good news article always includes all relevant facts
false
true
17
Google shows the same results to every Google user when they search with the same words.
true
false
18
The purpose of opinion is to
Inform
Sell
Provoke
Persuade
19
Which of the following are questions help decide if a story is newsworthy?
How urgent or timely is it?
Does it have cats in it?
How important is it?
20
Which of the following is a reason why people may make misinformation.
To ignite conversation
To gain followers
To be funny
People make mistakes!
