Chapter 7 Self Quiz

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. The term "fake news" refers to news stories that…

Contain factual errors and mistakes correct incorrect

Are biased in favor of one political party correct incorrect

Are deliberately false or misleading correct incorrect

Spread political propaganda correct incorrect

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. The attitude requiring that we reject the habit of automatically accepting claims found in the media or online is called…

Reasonable suspicion correct incorrect

Reasonable skepticism correct incorrect

Reasonable doubt correct incorrect

Reasonable caution correct incorrect

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. The fact that fake news can endanger innocent lives is illustrated by…

The "Pizzagate" incident correct incorrect

The Haiku Bird hoax correct incorrect

Cameron Harris's fake news "masterpiece" about voter fraud correct incorrect

Increased political polarization correct incorrect

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. In addition to endangering innocent lives, fake news harms society by…

Spreading left-wing hoaxes correct incorrect

Sewing distrust and exaggerating social conflicts correct incorrect

Unfairly discrediting right-wing views correct incorrect

Satirizes political issues that should be treated seriously correct incorrect

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. Characteristics of trustworthy fact checkers include…

Using secondary sources whenever possible correct incorrect

Disclosing their sources of funding correct incorrect

Making no errors correct incorrect

Using partisan sources whenever possible correct incorrect

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. Websites like AllSides.com and ProCon.org are useful aides for…

Lateral reading correct incorrect

Fact-checking correct incorrect

Vertical reading correct incorrect

Discovering fake images correct incorrect

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. In order to read a news source critically, we must ask ourselves if the claims we encounter have been examined by fact checkers, are plausible, and…

Are accepted by most people correct incorrect

Reinforce what we'd like to believe correct incorrect

Are supported by evidence correct incorrect

Contradict our existing beliefs correct incorrect

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. Fake news articles often succeed because…

It's impossible to distinguish fake news from real news correct incorrect

People desire evidence that supports their beliefs correct incorrect

Most people lack the ability to think critically correct incorrect

People don't care about the truth of what they read correct incorrect

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. Lateral reading involves…

Rejecting any claim not backed by experts correct incorrect

Treating every claim with skepticism correct incorrect

Comparing a variety of sources correct incorrect

Checking what we read for fallacies and rhetorical ploys correct incorrect

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. Reverse image searches are most useful for…

Finding incongruities in an image correct incorrect

Determining the source of an image correct incorrect

Doctoring or altering an image correct incorrect

Checking if an image has been used before correct incorrect