👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #04: Who Can You Trust?

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15 questions

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🔇 Distractions Check: Identify the measures you have taken to help prevent distractions and improve your opportunity to focus and learn from this activity.

I have taken steps to help ensure that I will NOT be distracted by...

👎 Not done
👍 Prevented!
🔇 notification sounds.
📱 on-screen notifications.
👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.
📺 other devices, screens, or media.
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Quick review: What is lateral reading?

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When trying to figure out if a source is actually an authority on a subject, what should you consider? Select all that apply.

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Failure to believe and trust expertise is __________.
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What does it mean for a source to share the process they used to produce that information?

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Even the most trustworthy sources can be wrong sometimes; this does not mean we shouldn't trust them. How might a trustworthy source correct their mistake?

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The article about Obama and Jay-Z that was published in Infowars is probably not factual. What about the story makes it easy to dismiss?

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Every source has its own perspective. What does perspective mean?

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According to the video, what are think tanks?

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Should we dismiss information from sources who have a different perspective than our own? Explain.

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When an article is labeled as opinion, analysis, perspective, or viewpoint, it is designed to be __________, not just __________.
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Why might Daily Kos and Daily Wire present information differently from one another?

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When presented information online, John Green recommends doing these three things. Place them in the correct chronological order.

  1. STOP
  2. THINK
  3. LOOK AROUND
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Why should we take the time and effort to consider a source's authority and perspective?

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🧠 Retrieval Practice:
Summarize the content of this lesson. What topics, ideas, and vocabulary were introduced?