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    FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - Identifying Mis - Disinformation

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    The document provides a formative assessment from The Seed Montessori School that asks students to identify types of misinformation/disinformation in 5 examples and provide a one-sentence explanation for each. It also asks 5 short questions about misinformation, disinformation, the role of journalists, efforts by social media platforms and government to address it, cognitive biases, and whether all information is meant to deceive.

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    THE SEED MONTESSORI SCHOOL

    Media and Information Literacy


    FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - Identifying Mis-/Disinformation

    DIRECTION​: Identify the type of mis-/disinformation applicable to each item given then
    provide each with a one-sentence explanation why such type describes the content. (2
    points each)

    1. The photo on the left claims that Vice President Leni Robredo brought the media
    with her when she provided financial assistance to Gregorio family. In fact, the
    photo was originally from the post of DSWD Region 3 when they gave financial
    assistance to Gregorio family. Vice President Robredo is not the one in the
    picture.

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    2. As early as February 2020, this photo circulated on social media of supposed
    coronavirus-infected corpses in Wuhan, China. This, however, was a photo taken
    in 2014, showing participants of an art project remembering victims of a Nazi
    concentration camp. (Read more at cutt.ly/iwas1)

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    3. ​Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas released PHP16 000 000 000 Peso Bill to commemorate
    the loss of the P16-B PhilHealth Funds. It features the face of the former PhilHealth
    CEO Ricardo Morales, PhilHealth Logo and a mountain of 1000 peso cash.

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    4. A website named medsalert.ml, bearing the name and logo of the DOH, falsely
    claims that fake cigarettes that spread coronavirus have been shipped to the
    Philippines. (Read more at cutt.ly/iwas3)

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    5. Viral tweets and rumors claimed that the Office of Vice President donated spoiled
    food to frontliners at a QC hospital and allegedly bribed the hospital staff to keep silent
    about it. The hospital released a statement days after, denying the rumors. Robredo
    herself said the incident never happened. (Read more at cutt.ly/iwas2)

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    DIRECTION​: Answer the questions briefly. The following rubric will be used in grading:

    2 points
    *Includes relevant and sufficient evidence to develop a response according to the
    requirements of the question.
    *Uses complete sentences where errors do not impact readability.

    1 point
    *Includes some relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, or other information
    to develop an analysis of the text (video) according to the requirements of the
    question.
    *Includes incomplete sentences or bullets.

    1. What makes misinformation and disinformation better terms to use than “fake
    news”?
    2. What’s good about having a journalist’s mindset in the time of the infodemic?
    3. What efforts have been done by social media platforms and by the government
    to address digital disinformation in the country? Have these been successful, and
    why so?
    4. Among the cognitive biases that were discussed in class, which do you think is
    difficult to correct? Explain your answer.
    5. Do you agree that “​All information is designed to deceive or manipulate people in
    one way or another'​ '. Why or why not? Explain.

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