Active Citizen - Quiz 01

1) You received a WhatsApp forward from a friend saying there’s a fire at the National Museum. What do you do?

Eeps! All those ancient and rare exhibits are toast! I will immediately forward it to all my friends and family and inform them of this colossal tragedy!

I would turn to trusty Google Search and check if a reliable news website has reported it

Oh no, our history is going up in smoke! But no, I must stay calm and try to verify if this is true

Nothing. I don’t care about issues that don’t concern me directly

2) You find out that the forward is fake news. How do you react?

Phew, it’s fake news; it isn’t true! I can get on with my day now

Uh-oh, I shared the message with friends and family. I will immediately inform them that it was fake news

Thankfully I checked before sharing the forward with anyone! I will inform the friend who sent me the forward that it is fake news, and suggest they inform everyone they forwarded the message to that it isn’t true

I’d laugh and wonder how much fun whoever came up with this forward must be having right now. I should try this sometime too just for kicks

3) Somehow the news has made it onto some tabloid websites. What will you do?

Gosh, that’s bad. It’s way out of control now. There’s nothing I can do about it

I need to do my part in fighting fake news. I will share on my social media accounts that I’ve found out it’s actually fake news

Ha! There are people who think these tabloids are real news sites. I’ll share these links with my friends and family and stir up some drama on this otherwise dull day!

I will inform my friends and family and hope they share that it’s fake news with others too

4) A friend calls you and asks how you found out that it was fake news. You tell them:

I ran a Google search to find out if a reliable source had reported the story

I tell them I have magical powers that allow me to tell fact from fiction

I checked the message for spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, and/or inconsistencies in the story

I will reproach them for not knowing something as basic as how to identify fake news

5) The friend laughs and asks if you’re jobless to go through all that trouble to check if the news was fake when it didn’t even concern you. How do you react?

I laugh as well and say I was bored. I have no time for simpletons!

I explain how fake news can be harmful - it can create confusion and misunderstanding about important social and political issues

I explain that it’s important to keep at least ourselves aware of what is (or isn’t) happening around us

I get frustrated and tell them off

Fighting Fake News

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