👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #10: Social Media

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👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #10: Social Media

Last updated about 4 years ago

14 questions

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

Required

2

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Foreigners posed as grass roots political organizations on Facebook and were able to get real Americans to show up for rallies. Why do you think that scares John Green so much?

10

What is confirmation bias?

10

How can you avoid the negative effects of confirmation bias?

10

Describe at least one positive aspect of social media.

10

Describe at least one negative aspect of social media.

10

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

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.
For valuable tips to help you get the most from instructional videos, check out How to Watch an Instructional Video.

🔇 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...

What can a hashtag do? Select all that apply.

Add the post to an ongoing trend or list of posts with the same hashtag

Automatically delete a post 24 hours after it is posted

Show the overall theme for a post

Foreigners posed as grass roots political organizations on Facebook and were able to get real Americans to show up for rallies. Why do you think that scares John Green so much?

Social media has both direct and indirect influences on personal opinions.

True

False

According to the video, the majority of American adults use this social media platform to receive their news?

Instagram

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

What does social media give to the average person that was not previously possible?

Opinions

A large audience

News

Facts

How do social media companies make money?

They get 3 cents for each member that joins.

When you click on a friend's post, they get 2 cents.

Their members pay for their memberships.

They sell advertisements that are crafted specifically for you.

How can you (kind of) keep companies from getting your information online?

Disable data and location tracking in the app settings.

Don't use their app if you have 3 bars of service or more.

Only using their apps every once in a while.

What is confirmation bias?

How can you avoid the negative effects of confirmation bias?

Why do social media platforms push outrageous and even false stories more than others in your feed?

To share the truth

It is not deliberate, just coincidence

To drive people away from their platforms

To increase engagement

Describe at least one positive aspect of social media.

Describe at least one negative aspect of social media.

10

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

🔇 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.

What can a hashtag do? Select all that apply.

Add the post to an ongoing trend or list of posts with the same hashtag

Automatically delete a post 24 hours after it is posted

Show the overall theme for a post

Social media has both direct and indirect influences on personal opinions.

True

False

According to the video, the majority of American adults use this social media platform to receive their news?

Instagram

LinkedIn

Twitter

Facebook

What does social media give to the average person that was not previously possible?

Opinions

A large audience

News

Facts

How do social media companies make money?

They get 3 cents for each member that joins.

When you click on a friend's post, they get 2 cents.

Their members pay for their memberships.

They sell advertisements that are crafted specifically for you.

How can you (kind of) keep companies from getting your information online?

Disable data and location tracking in the app settings.

Don't use their app if you have 3 bars of service or more.

Only using their apps every once in a while.

Why do social media platforms push outrageous and even false stories more than others in your feed?

To share the truth

It is not deliberate, just coincidence

To drive people away from their platforms

To increase engagement

	👎 Not done	👍 Prevented!
🔇 notification sounds.
📱 on-screen notifications.
👨‍👧‍👦 classmates, friends, family, or other people.
📺 other devices, screens, or media.

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #10: Social Media

👨‍💻 Navigating Digital Information #10: Social Media

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

Foreigners posed as grass roots political organizations on Facebook and were able to get real Americans to show up for rallies. Why do you think that scares John Green so much?

What is confirmation bias?

How can you avoid the negative effects of confirmation bias?

Describe at least one positive aspect of social media.

Describe at least one negative aspect of social media.

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

Watch the video carefully and respond to the questions and prompts.

🔇 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...

What can a hashtag do? Select all that apply.

Foreigners posed as grass roots political organizations on Facebook and were able to get real Americans to show up for rallies. Why do you think that scares John Green so much?

Social media has both direct and indirect influences on personal opinions.

According to the video, the majority of American adults use this social media platform to receive their news?

What does social media give to the average person that was not previously possible?

How do social media companies make money?

How can you (kind of) keep companies from getting your information online?

What is confirmation bias?

How can you avoid the negative effects of confirmation bias?

Why do social media platforms push outrageous and even false stories more than others in your feed?

Describe at least one positive aspect of social media.

Describe at least one negative aspect of social media.

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

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

🔇 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...

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