11 - Digital Citizenship

• Digital citizenship refers to the responsible use of technology by anyone who uses computers, the internet, and digital devices to engage with society on any level.
• A digital citizen refers to a person who has the knowledge and skills to effectively use digital technologies to communicate with others, participate in society and create and consume digital content.
• aesthetic is relating to art or beauty
• deepfakes are so-named because they create a fake video using deep learning technology, a branch of machine learning that applies neural net simulation to massive data sets
• fake news are information that cannot be verified, without sources and is possibly untrue
• misinformation is false or inaccurate information that is mistakenly or inadvertently created or spread; the intent is not to deceive.
• disinformation, is false information that is deliberately created and spread in order to influence public opinion or obscure the truth.
• FOMO or Fear of Missing out is the anxiety one has, caused by the fear of missing out on a social event or any other positive experience, especially one that you have heard about through social media
• FOMO is a condition caused by social anxiety and characterized by a desire to stay continually connected with what others are doing.
• false attribution - authentic images, video or quotes are attributed to the wrong events or person
• bogus - entirely fabricated content spread personally to disinform, guerilla marketing tactics; bots, comments and counterfeit branding; motivated by ad revenue, political influence or both
• satire and hoax - social commentary or humour; varies widely in quality and intended meaning may not be apparent; can embarrass people who confuse the content as true
• clickbait - eye catching, sensational headlines designed to distract; often misleading and content may not reflect headline; drives ad revenue
• doctored content - content, such as statistics, graphs, photos and video have been modified or doctored
• misleading - content does not represent what the headline and captions suggest
• propaganda - adopted by governments, corporations and non-profits to manage attitudes, values and knowledge
• counterfeit - websites and twitter accounts that pose as a well-known brand or person
• sponsored content - advertising made t look like editorial; potential conflict of interest for genuine news organizations
• partisan - ideological and includes interpretation of facts but may claim to be impartial
• error - established news organizations sometimes make mistakes; mistakes can hurt the brand, offend or result in ligation; reputable orgs publish apologies
• conspiracy theory - tries to explain simply complex realities as response to fear or uncertainty; not falsifiable and evidence that refutes the conspiracy is regarded as further proof of the conspiracy; rejects experts and authority
• pseudoscience - purveyors of greenwashing, miracle cures, anti-vaccination and climate change denial; misrepresents real scientific studies with exaggerated or false claims; often contradicts experts
• misinformation - includes a mix of factual, false or partly-false content; intention can be to inform but author may not be aware the content is false; false attributions, doctored content and misleading headlines
• the one question you should answer yourself first before believing and sharing anything on social media is: who published the story?
• how to spot fake news: look at the design, where did the news come from, check the source, how often do they report it