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| News Literacy | is the ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, or digital media |
| Media Literacy | is the ability to access, analyze,evaluate and act using all forms of communications. |
| Vertical Reading | looking at information on the web like we read a physical book (left to right) and up and down |
| Lateral Reading | Use other tabs and searching other sources to confirm the information (leave the site for more information) |
| Disinformation | information that is not accurate or certain items are omitted to persuade or control a narrative |
| Misinformation | When legitimate sites make mistakes in reporting facts. Most will put out redactions but the information has been sent |
| Authority | recognizing the source of information by evaluating the knowledge and the background on a topic (steps) |
| Confirmation Bias | Is the tendency to search for, interpret and recall information in a way that supports what we already believe |
| Fake News (Noun) | Stories that appear to be news, spread on the internet or other media, usually created to influence political views or meant as a joke. |
| Catfishing | pretending to be something online that you are not. |
| Perspective | A certain point of view or a background for which opinions are formed. |
| Empathy | To understand another’s perspective or ideals; background or point of view |
| Opinion | a point of view on information, not meant to be taken as fact but to persuade. |
| Gaslighting | a form of manipulation that makes someone question their own reality or mental state. A technique used to create doubt of legitimate information. |
| Yellow Journalism | is an American terms for journalism and associated newspapers that present little or no legitimate, well-researched news while instead using eye-catching headlines for increased sales. |
| Algorithms | Code or set of rules or operations a media app follows to complete a task, these tasks are not meant to produce objective (accurate) results but generate attention and revenue |
| Rabbit Hole | a metaphor for a topic or article online that transports someone into a wonderfully (or troublingly) surreal state or situation. |
| Deep Fake | a video of a person in which their face or body has been digitally altered so that they appear to be someone else, typically used maliciously or to spread false information. |
| Cancel Culture | is a modern form of ostracizing (exclude) an idea or someone out of social or professional circles – whether it be online, on social media, or in person |
| Fake News (Adjective) | Slang to define something as false by the accuser that is actually true! |
| Propaganda | information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view. |
| Conspiracy Theory | an event or situationa situation that asserts the existence of a secret plan by a sinister group, when other explanations are more probable |
