WORDS FOR SOURCE CRITICISM TEST

Addiction the way your body craves a substance or behavior

Virtual almost or nearly as described, but not completely or according to a strict definition

Media various methods for communicating information

Polarization the presence of increasingly conflicting and divided viewpoints

Brain-hacking the application of techniques or/and technology to affect an individual's mental state

Confirmation bias a tendency to search for information that supports our preconceptions and to ignore or distort contradictory evidence

Negativity bias the tendency to focus or remember the negative aspects of experiences

Deep fakes images or videos that use advanced digital editing technology to create fraudulent but convincing content.

BIas A particular preference or point of view that is personal, rather than scientific.

Unbiased Showing no prejudice for or against something; impartial.

Reliability How trustworthy something is. When asking about the reliability of a news story, you might ask if it was written by a journalist from an organisation that you have heard of before

Clickbait Clickbait content whose main purpose is to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page

Partial Not complete; favoring one side over another; showing a strong liking for someone or something

Impartial unbiased; neutral

Trust To have trust in someone and believing them

Hoax An act intended to trick or deceive, a fraud; to trick, deceive

Information Information Facts provided or learned about something or someone.

Algorithm Algorithm A set of rules that are programmed to solve a problem. On social media, algorithms analyze your online habits to sort content in a user's feed by how important they think the story is to you

Desinformation A type of fake news that deliberately attempts to mislead using material that the deceiver knows is untrue. Disinformation is designed to be widely shared, or to persuade people to think a certain way, vote a certain way or to make money from advertising each time someone clicks on a story

Phony Fake, counterfeit; insincere, not genuine

Misinformation A type of fake news that describes bad information; false, misleading or out of context, regardless of the motivation behind it. This is different to disinformation, which is intended to mislead

Doctored Change the content or appearance of (a document or picture) in order to deceive; falsify

Echo chamber A space where all the ideas and opinions reflect our own. We might not even realize we're in one, which can be harmful as our view of the world might seem balanced but is actually one-sided

Filter bubble A situation in which we surround ourselves with information that confirms our pre-existing prejudices

Fake news A popular and informal term, which many politicians and activists have used as an insult to their opponents or a way to dismiss stories that they don't like-no matter whether they're factual or not

Context The circumstances or background surrounding an event or story. The context is important as it can help you fully understand the many possible reasons as to why something happened

Opinion A belief or view about something

Source The beginning or starting place ; for a news story, it's the journalist who first wrote the piece. It's important to check the source of a story so you can decide if it is true and based on facts or just their opinion

Verification Checking something is authentic and where it has come from. If an account shows that it is verified (like displaying a blue tick), then it is real - but this doesn't mean everything they say will be true

Parody/Satire Comical ways of looking at serious information, often through imitation, exaggeration or irony. Sometimes people can share these jokes as if they are real, which can generate fake news

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