Information literacy terms

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Across
  1. 3. A tool of fake news: when you attack the credibility of journalists, scientists, and other experts instead of engaging with the evidence.
  2. 5. A word used to describe information that can not be trusted.
  3. 7. The term used to describe an environment where someone only encounters information or opinions that reflect and reinforce their own.
  4. 9. Biased information, ideas, or messages designed to persuade people to support a particular cause, belief, or viewpoint.
  5. 10. A tool of fake news: pretending to be a credible or authoritative source to gain trust.
  6. 11. A tool of fake news: promoting claims that powerful individuals or organisations are secretly working together to deceive the public.
  7. 12. A tool of fake news: when you use fear, anger, outrage, or disgust to encourage people to react without thinking critically.
Down
  1. 1. A tool of fake news: when you frame issues as 'us versus them' and exaggerate divisions between groups.
  2. 2. Communication that attacks, threatens, or encourages hatred against a person or group.
  3. 4. False or inaccurate information that is deliberately created and shared to deceive, mislead, or cause harm.
  4. 6. False or inaccurate information that is shared without the intent to cause harm.
  5. 8. A tool of fake news: deliberately provoking conflict, posting inflammatory content, or spreading controversial messages to attract attention and generate reactions.