Media Literacy: Social Media

Question 1

Which statement best describes a drawback of using social media?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Users may not be who they say they are.

Question 2

Why do social media algorithms make it important to evaluate information shared on social media?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

They are designed to show what users want to see.

Question 3

Jayson sees this social media post. Which step would best help him evaluate the information in the post?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

performing a search about the post’s claim

Question 4

Jayson performs a reverse image search and finds the same photo attributed to different social media users. What does this tell him about the original post?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It is not trustworthy.

Question 5

Kendra sees this social media post and is suspicious about its claim. What can she do to evaluate it? Choose three correct answers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

look up the user who shared the post to see whether he has any credentials; perform a search on Toyger kittens to see if they are real; run a reverse image search to see whether the photo is used elsewhere

Question 6

Kendra learns from a reliable encyclopedia that a Toyger is a real type of cat. What does this tell her about the post?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The post may be misrepresenting the image.

Question 7

Jia saw this post in her feed, but she does not know whether the image is real. What should she do?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

perform a reverse image search and see whether the image appears anywhere else

Media Literacy: Social Media Answers

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