Understanding Media Messages
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What is a consequence of disinformation targeting public institutions?

  • The scientific data becomes more reliable
  • Citizens lose trust in democratic processes (correct)
  • Institutions become more transparent
  • Citizens begin to trust public institutions more

What is the 'Tobacco Strategy' in the context of disinformation?

  • A technique to spread disinformation through social media
  • A method to distort scientific data to serve special interests (correct)
  • A strategy to promote the use of tobacco
  • A way to promote democratic institutions

According to the author, what is the starting point for fighting tyranny and upholding democratic systems?

  • The institutions' responsibility
  • The media's responsibility
  • Each citizen's responsibility (correct)
  • The government's responsibility

How can citizens uphold democratic systems, according to the author?

<p>By speaking truth to disinformation and upholding criteria of judgment (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of abandoning facts, according to the author?

<p>The loss of freedom (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for citizens to interact with others who have diverse opinions, according to the author?

<p>To explain why others may be wrong, using empathy and kindness (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of citizens in promoting democratic systems, according to the author?

<p>To assert and spread the truth (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a consequence of disinformation drowning out scientific data?

<p>The erosion of trust in institutions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's suggestion for citizens to enact democracy?

<p>To ask for transparent institutional processes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the author's main concern about the impact of disinformation?

<p>The erosion of trust in institutions (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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