The document discusses various topics related to information literacy and technology literacy, including misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, and the Russian hacking group Fancy Bear. It provides context on Fancy Bear's hacking of Emmanuel Macron's campaign in the 2017 French election and notes the importance of technology literacy to avoid issues like poor password protection and phishing attacks. The document explores sources to help students evaluate information and discusses challenges of navigating information in the current media landscape.
4. What is Misinformation?
1) factually inaccurate but
intention neutral
1) intentionally false or
misleading information
3) use of measures for
denial and deception
4) the name of Kae's
undead mage character
7. What is Disinformation?
1) factually inaccurate but
intention neutral
1) intentionally false or
misleading information
3) use of measures for
denial and deception
4) the name of Kae's
undead mage character
10. What is Maskirovka?
1) factually inaccurate but
intention neutral
1) intentionally false or
misleading information
3) use of measures for
denial and deception
4) the name of Kae's
undead mage character
17. What is Snopes?
1) A term for fake news
1) All the latest rumors
gathered together in a
list
3) A Swedish video game
YouTuber
4) search engine that doesn't
track users
20. What is Duck Duck Go?
1) A term for fake news
1) All the latest rumors
gathered together in a
list
3) TV trope
4) search engine that
doesn't track users
21. What is Duck Duck Go?
4) search engine that
doesn't track users
26. What is Fancy Bear?
1) One of the ten original
Care Bears
1) Russian hacking group
3) Swedish video game
playing YouTuber
4) Russian nickname for
President Trump
42. CCCS served 138,000
students for the
2016 academic year is
information.
Source: https://www.cccs.edu/about-cccs/college-fact-sheets/colorado-community-college-system-fact-
sheet/
53. Sources to Help Students Sort Through the ____
Media and Internet Watch Groups
The Center for Media and Democracy
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SourceWatch
Electronic Frontier Foundation
https://www.eff.org/
FirstDraftNews (Google Affiliation)
https://firstdraftnews.com/
Snopes http://www.snopes.com/
Internet/Entertainment Fact Checking
In Beta
Hoaxy https://hoaxy.iuni.iu.edu/
54. Information and Technology Literacy
in the Age of Hacking
This session is ...is a work in progress, as member of the Tech
Lit group negotiate the current state of information and
technology that distributes it.
We investigate government media sources, social media,
searches and algorithms that influence the ability to follow and
evaluate information across multiple forms of media.
56. Technology Literacy
It is more than just being able to access
technology,
How well can you use it?
How well do you know the technology
you use?
Do you understand how things work?
Do you know where to go to learn
more?
58. Most of these issues stem from ...
Basic Technology Literacy Issues
Poor password protection
Poor data security
Phishing attacks
Not updating browsers and
operating systems
59. Source: Starks,T. (2017, May 24). Highlights of Trump’s cyber budget. Politico Morning Cybersecurity: A daily briefing on politics and cybersecurity.
Politico.com Retrieved from http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-cybersecurity/2017/05/24/highlights-of-trumps-cyber-budget-220480
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