DigComp certification for students (YOUTHpass)

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Digital misinformation:
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1 point

Is not that common

Is listed as one of the main threats of human society

None of the options

Fake news mean:
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Harmless information

True news with bad intent

False news created in order to appear true and reliable

How many categories of bad information are there ?
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Three

Two

One

What are the structural components of fake news ?
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Creator & Content

Victims & Context

Both

What is misinformation?
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Misinformation is information that is true, but the person who is disseminating it believes that it is false.

Misinformation is information that is false, but the person who is disseminating it believes that it is true.

Misinformation is information that is false, and the person who is disseminating it believes that it is false.

Fake news:
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Travels slower than real news

Travels faster than real news

Travels the same as real news

Dissemination of fake news becomes an uncontrollable:
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Because news hooks into people's emotions and moods

Because people believe easily in harmful info

Because peoplewant to propagate harmful info

The spreading of fake news is problematic because it leads to inaccurate beliefs and can exacerbate partisan disagreement over even basic facts.
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Cannot correlate the arguments.

False

True

Fake news are:
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Socially and democratically problematic

Socially and democratically harmless

Not impacting at all on people's beliefs

Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to
promote a political cause or point of view is called:
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Debate

Propaganda

Discussion

Individuals who believe in one conspiracy are likely to:
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Easily detect fake news

Believe in others too

Not believe in others too

Which questions to ask when spotting fake news ?
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Who is the author ? What is the source ? Is ther eevidence ?

Are there proper visuals and content ? Is there a hidden reason ?

Both

Populist beliefs:
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Aid the shift to alternative media

Do not impact on people's media choices

Push people to quality/reliable sources

Media literacy covers:
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Words & Pircutres

Sounds and Video

Both

Bots are:
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Bots are undercover human networking profiles that appear to be real people, complete with avatars or images, and are used to make false claims.

Bots are computerized social networking profiles that appear to be real people, complete with avatars or images, and are used to make false claims.

Bots are computerized social networking profiles that appear to be real people, complete with avatars or images, and are used to make positive change against fake news.

A cognitive bias is:
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Subconscious pattern of thinking that leads to true conclusions about the world around you.

Subconscious pattern of thinking that leads to wrong/false conclusions about the world around you.

Conscious pattern of thinking that leads to true conclusions about the world around you.

Availability bias is:
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The overstimation of a certain event to happen, based on your recent memories. For instance, if you have been watching news for several weeks where a certain type of event is being reported constantly (e.g. robberies) you are more likely to be afraid and believe you will be rob.

The underestimation of a certain event to happen, based on your recent memories. For instance, if you have been watching news for several weeks where a certain type of event is being reported constantly (e.g. robberies) you are more likely to be afraid and believe you will be rob.

None of the options

Cognitive dissonance is:
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The mental disconfort that happens when you belief in two concurring ideas, beliefs or attitudes.

The mental comfort that happens when you belief in two conflicting ideas, beliefs or attitudes.

The mental disconfort that happens when you belief in two conflicting ideas, beliefs or attitudes.

What are the main common causes of bias ?
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Emotions, Heuristics, Social Pressure

Emotions, Heuristics

Emotions, Social Pressure

Bias fighting strategies:
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1 point

Critical thinking & Fact Checking

Listen to viewpoints & Do not trust social media

Both

Neuroplasticity is:
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The brain's ability to change and adapt as a result of experience.

The brain's inability to change and adapt as a result of experience.

The brain's plastic nature.

Neuroplasticity can be improved via:
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Constructivist strategies

Connectionist Strategies

Both

GDPR Regulations
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Are irrelevant to fake news targetting

Are relevant to fake news targetting

None of the options

Governments should:
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1 point

Be be fully responsible for monitoring online material

Not be fully responsible for monitoring online material

Not care about online materials

Online platforms:
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Have fake news blockers

Do not have fake news blockers

Are not responsible for proliferating fake news

Deep learning:
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Is the same as machine learning

Allows unstructured data such as documents, photos, and text to be processed.

None of the options

Machine learning and deep learning are:
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Human-based system

Not relavant to online targetting for fake news

Artificial intelligence

People:
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Have no role in combatting fake news:

Should not work with technology to combat fake news.

Should work with technology to combat fake news.

GDPR:
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Allows people to withdraw from sharing online data

Does not allow people to withdraw from sharing online data

Forces people to consent to data sharing.

Algorithms:
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Have no role in combatting or promoting fake news:

Are pre-defined and do not adapt based on people's interactions

Push some news more towards the users (on social media platforms) while others are not not favored.

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