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examples of mass media - correct answer✔✔Fox news, apps on ipads, movies, Sony Music
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Company, newspapers, magazines || ||
'four moves' of the fact checking process? - correct answer✔✔1. Check for previous work
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2. Go upstream to the source
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3. Read Laterally
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4. Circle Back
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check for previous work - correct answer✔✔Look around to see if someone else has already
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fact-checked the claim or provided a synthesis of research.
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Go upstream to the source - correct answer✔✔Go to the source of the claim. Most web
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content is not original. Get to the original source to understand the trustworthiness of the
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information.
Read Laterally - correct answer✔✔once you get to the source of a claim, read what other
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people say about the source (publication, author, etc.). The truth is in the network.
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Circle Back - correct answer✔✔If you get lost, hit dead ends, or find yourself going down
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an increasingly confusing rabbit hole, back up and start over knowing what you know now.
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You're likely to take a more informed path with different search terms and better decisions.
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If you have a strong opinion/ emotion about the content that you're reading, how should
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you read the article? - correct answer✔✔Keep your emotions in check. Do not let your
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opinion cloud your judgement, remember to still fact check. Referring to a different opinion
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or point of view may also help.
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, What does it mean to "go upstream" to find a source? - correct answer✔✔Many articles are
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'reporting on reporting' and just using other articles as their sources. Find these sources
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How do you track the source of a viral photo? - correct answer✔✔google the textual
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information of the photo. Begin searching through articles to find the place where it was
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posted or person who posted it.
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Google Reverse Image Search - correct answer✔✔If you're using Google Chrome as a
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browser, put the cursor over the photo and right-click (control-click on a Mac). A "context
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menu" will pop up and one of the options will be "Search Google for image."
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Filtering by time and place to find the original - correct answer✔✔Modify the search by
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returning only older pictures. With viral images, 2009 or 2010 is a good place to start.
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Verifying Twitter Identity - correct answer✔✔-Look for the verification check
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-look at when the account was made, who follows it, and what the last posts are
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-poliwhoop is an account that provides deleted tweets from substantial politicians.
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mass communication - correct answer✔✔refers to information transmitted to large
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segments of the population. || || ||
Mass media - correct answer✔✔specifically refers to a means of communication that is
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designed to reach a wide audience. Mass media platforms are commonly considered to
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include radio, newspapers, magazines, books, video games, and Internet media such as
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blogs, podcasts, and video sharing.
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Culture - correct answer✔✔generally refers to the shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and
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practices that characterize a social group, organization, or institution. Just as it is difficult to
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examples of mass media - correct answer✔✔Fox news, apps on ipads, movies, Sony Music
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Company, newspapers, magazines || ||
'four moves' of the fact checking process? - correct answer✔✔1. Check for previous work
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2. Go upstream to the source
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3. Read Laterally
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4. Circle Back
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check for previous work - correct answer✔✔Look around to see if someone else has already
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fact-checked the claim or provided a synthesis of research.
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Go upstream to the source - correct answer✔✔Go to the source of the claim. Most web
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content is not original. Get to the original source to understand the trustworthiness of the
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information.
Read Laterally - correct answer✔✔once you get to the source of a claim, read what other
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people say about the source (publication, author, etc.). The truth is in the network.
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Circle Back - correct answer✔✔If you get lost, hit dead ends, or find yourself going down
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an increasingly confusing rabbit hole, back up and start over knowing what you know now.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
You're likely to take a more informed path with different search terms and better decisions.
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
If you have a strong opinion/ emotion about the content that you're reading, how should
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
you read the article? - correct answer✔✔Keep your emotions in check. Do not let your
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
opinion cloud your judgement, remember to still fact check. Referring to a different opinion
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or point of view may also help.
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, What does it mean to "go upstream" to find a source? - correct answer✔✔Many articles are
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'reporting on reporting' and just using other articles as their sources. Find these sources
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How do you track the source of a viral photo? - correct answer✔✔google the textual
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information of the photo. Begin searching through articles to find the place where it was
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posted or person who posted it.
|| || || || ||
Google Reverse Image Search - correct answer✔✔If you're using Google Chrome as a
|| || || || || || || || || || || || ||
browser, put the cursor over the photo and right-click (control-click on a Mac). A "context
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
menu" will pop up and one of the options will be "Search Google for image."
|| || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
Filtering by time and place to find the original - correct answer✔✔Modify the search by
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returning only older pictures. With viral images, 2009 or 2010 is a good place to start.
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Verifying Twitter Identity - correct answer✔✔-Look for the verification check
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-look at when the account was made, who follows it, and what the last posts are
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-poliwhoop is an account that provides deleted tweets from substantial politicians.
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mass communication - correct answer✔✔refers to information transmitted to large
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segments of the population. || || ||
Mass media - correct answer✔✔specifically refers to a means of communication that is
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designed to reach a wide audience. Mass media platforms are commonly considered to
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include radio, newspapers, magazines, books, video games, and Internet media such as
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blogs, podcasts, and video sharing.
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Culture - correct answer✔✔generally refers to the shared values, attitudes, beliefs, and
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practices that characterize a social group, organization, or institution. Just as it is difficult to
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