Question 1

Fake news is defined as&#8230;&#10;A) Biased news stories that masquerade as non-biased reporting&#10;B) News stories that contain factual errors and mistakes&#10;C) Deliberately false or misleading news stories that masquerade as truthful reporting&#10;D) Political propaganda that masquerades as truthful reporting

Accepted Answer

Fake news specifically refers to news stories that are created to be deliberately false or misleading, but are presented as if they are credible and truthful.

Question 2

In order to protect ourselves from fake news, we must adopt an attitude of&#8230;&#10;A) Reasonable suspicion&#10;B) Reasonable skepticism&#10;C) Reasonable doubt&#10;D) Reasonable caution

Accepted Answer

Reasonable skepticism involves questioning the validity and sources of information before accepting it as true, which is essential in protecting against fake news.

Question 3

Fake news is a form of&#8230;&#10;A) Hoax&#10;B) Propaganda&#10;C) Satire&#10;D) Lie

Accepted Answer

D

Question 4

Fake news essentially involves&#8230;&#10;A) Political propaganda&#10;B) Biased reporting&#10;C) Deliberate deception&#10;D) Unintentional mistakes and misunderstandings

Accepted Answer

Fake news primarily involves deliberate deception, where false information is intentionally spread to mislead or manipulate the audience.

Question 5

Fake news is harmful to society because it&#8230;&#10;A) Spreads left-wing hoaxes&#10;B) Sews distrust and exaggerates social conflicts&#10;C) Unfairly discredits right-wing views&#10;D) Satirizes political issues that should be treated seriously

Accepted Answer

Fake news is harmful because it sows distrust among the public and exaggerates social conflicts, leading to increased polarization and misunderstanding within society.

Question 6

Unlike fake news, satirical news writing is&#8230;&#10;A) Largely true&#10;B) Intentional misinformation&#10;C) Not fake&#10;D) Not deliberately misleading

Accepted Answer

Satirical news writing is not deliberately misleading; it uses humor, irony, or exaggeration to comment on current events, often highlighting absurdities or contradictions.

Question 7

The &#34;Pizzagate&#34; incident illustrates how fake news&#8230;&#10;A) Tends to be ridiculous or funny&#10;B) Can endanger innocent lives&#10;C) Unfairly targets conservative politicians&#10;D) Is used to spread left-wing conspiracy theories

Accepted Answer

The "Pizzagate" incident, where a man fired a gun in a pizza restaurant he falsely believed was involved in a child trafficking ring, shows how fake news can lead to real-world violence and endanger innocent lives.

Question 8

The deliberate use of biased or misleading information designed to promote a political cause or point of view is called&#8230;&#10;A) Fake news&#10;B) Lobbying&#10;C) Propaganda&#10;D) Negative advertising

Accepted Answer

Propaganda is specifically designed to influence public opinion or promote a particular cause or viewpoint, often through biased or misleading information.

Question 9

Adopting an attitude of reasonable skepticism requires that we&#8230;&#10;A) Refuse to believe every claim found in the media or online&#10;B) No longer use the internet or print media as sources for news&#10;C) Reject any news story about an event we have not witnessed ourselves&#10;D) Believe claims only when there is a legitimate reason for doing so

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Question 10

According to ethicists, concocting or deliberately sharing fake news is morally problematic because fake news&#8230;&#10;A) Insults people's intelligence&#10;B) Violates people's integrity&#10;C) Undermines people's autonomy&#10;D) Undermines people's self-respect

Accepted Answer

Fake news undermines people's autonomy by providing false information, which can lead individuals to make decisions based on incorrect or misleading data, thus impairing their ability to make informed and autonomous choices.

Question 11

The rational capacity to direct our own lives and make choices for ourselves is known as&#8230;&#10;A) Autonomy&#10;B) Free Will&#10;C) Sentience&#10;D) Critical thinking

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Question 12

In order to discern what's real and what's fake, we must read both critically and&#8230;&#10;A) Rationally&#10;B) Vertically&#10;C) Laterally&#10;D) Imaginatively

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Question 13

Consulting a variety of sources to determine the reliability of a news source is known as reading&#8230;&#10;A) Critically&#10;B) Vertically&#10;C) Comparatively&#10;D) Laterally

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Question 14

Trustworthy fact-checkers do not&#8230;&#10;A) Use secondary sources whenever possible&#10;B) Disclose their funding and sources&#10;C) Promptly correct errors&#10;D) Minimize appeals to emotions and stereotypes

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The answer of Trustworthy fact-checkers do not&#8230;&#10;A) Use secondary sources...

Question 15

Websites like Snopes.com and PolitiFact.com are examples of&#8230;&#10;A) Satirical news websites&#10;B) Fact-checking websites&#10;C) Well-known internet hoax creators&#10;D) Political opinion websites

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

The tendency to seek information that supports our existing beliefs is known as&#8230;&#10;A) Cognitive dissonance&#10;B) Groupthink&#10;C) Confirmation bias&#10;D) Tribalism

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The answer of The tendency to seek information that supports...

Question 17

One of the best cures for confirmation bias is&#8230;&#10;A) Reading vertically&#10;B) Reading widely&#10;C) Reasonable skepticism&#10;D) Avoiding traditional media sources

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Question 18

Wikipedia articles are best used&#8230;&#10;A) As sources for academic writing&#10;B) To discover fake images&#10;C) For vertical reading&#10;D) To find lists of resources for further research

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The answer of Wikipedia articles are best used&#8230;&#10;A) As sources...

Question 19

When it comes to fake images, one obstacle to critical thinking is the fact that&#8230;&#10;A) People tend to ignore images when they read&#10;B) People are bad at recognizing when images have been doctored&#10;C) People are ignorant of the existence of fake images&#10;D) People tend to read vertically rather than laterally

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The answer of When it comes to fake images, one...

Question 20

One method for detecting fake images is&#8230;&#10;A) Lateral reading&#10;B) Wikipedia research&#10;C) Vertical reading&#10;D) Using a reverse image search engine

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Question 21

Have you ever encountered an example of fake news? What was it and how did you know it was fake?

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Question 22

What are some of the ways that fake news affects society? Has fake news affected your life in any way?

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Question 23

What is reasonable skepticism and how does it help combat fake news?

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Question 24

What are the characteristics of a reliable fact-checker? What are some examples of reliable fact-checkers?

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Question 25

What strategies can people employ to protect themselves from fake news? Have you employed any of these strategies in your life?

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Deck 7: Fake News