Misinformation - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

According to the Centre for Information, Technology and Society, where does most misinformation / fake news come from?

Tik Tok

Twitter

Facebook

Online Newspapers

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The Center for Countering Digital Hate found 7,000 misleading posts on Facebook about climate change. How many of these did Facebook mark as misinformation?

8%

92%

70%

24%

3.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

An organisation called Demos looked at 900,000 online messages about tv programmes Love Island & Married at First Sight. What % of Twitter posts aimed at females were abusive?

82%

51%

26%

3%

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Fake news stories often use real images from unrelated events to create misinformation.

True

False

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Don't let fake news fool you, themost trusted URLs end with “.com”, “.co.uk”, “.net”, “.gov”, “.org”, “.mil” and what?

.ro

.edu

.cz

.abc

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Tell us if you think this news story printed in 2018 across several news sites is real or fake: “Greenpeace Activist Gets Arm Bitten Off After Hugging a White Shark”

Real

Fake

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Is the information shared in this news headline that has been retweeted and liked thousands of times on Twitter Real or Fake? "Children are 50 times more likely to be killed by the COVID vaccine than the virus itself" - @dougsjourney

Real

Fake

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A news bulletin with lots of exclamation points and ALL CAPS can typically be trusted as a real story.

True

False

9.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Approximately how many bots (fake accounts) are on Facebook according to the Center for Information Technology and Society?

1 billion

10 million

140 million

400 million

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Signs that an online account is a bot (fake account) are:

high volume of posts

lack of personal information

hashtag spamming

inflammatory visuals

all of these

11.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Disinformation is

things deliberately made up for a specific purpose

False content shared accidentally by people who don’t know that the information is inaccurate

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

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Information or news that confirms what we already believe is called

parody

misinformation

confirmation bias

disinformation

13.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

A study by the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute found that 20% of fake news stories were produced or shared by

secondary students

famous public figures

online news groups

teachers

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Decide if the information in this Facebook post from 4 Nov 2021 is real or fake: "Experts warn that eating black liquorice causes instant death in seniors"

Real

Fake

15.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Fake News can come from

misheard or misquoted from a real news piece

misunderstood from a joke or parody post and taken as a fact.

made up to make money or clicks for a website

all of these

16.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

Trolls are

fake accounts programmed to spread a fake story to as many people as possible

real accounts who enjoy harassing and intimidating other people

all of these are trolls

17.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The more you hear a story, the more likely you are going to believe it to be true.

True

False

18.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is a "filter bubble"?

When you see news online that you disagree with

Your list of friends on social media

When you only see news / info that you already agree with

Companies that have ads on your social media feeds

19.

Multiple Choice

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1 pt

What are deepfakes?

Sites that fight disinformation

Trolls that photoshop existing news images

Bots that spread fake news

Tech that creates a digital version of someone's face

20.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Instead of photoshopping new images, fake news spreaders will take real photos and create fake stories around them.

True

False

21.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A reverse image search on Google

creates new images based on info you provide

allows you to find the origin of a photo online

isn't a real Google service

22.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Take a look at this news headline and decide if the story is real or fake.

Real

Fake

23.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Read this news headline from the BBC from 24 Jan 2017 and determine if the information is real or fake "Some US farmers are 'feeding cows Skittles'"

Real

Fake

24.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Determine if you think this tweet from 1 Nov 2021 is accurate or inaccurate "These are the 400 jets used by #COP26Glasgow attendees to get to a conference on reducing emissions and fossil fuels. Clearly there will be fierce competition here for the Hypocrisy Awards"

Accurate

Inaccurate

25.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The number one reason why people create fake news is

Money

Influencing your opinion

To joke around or prank others

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