Deck 8: Propaganda, Fake News, and Deepfaking

Question 1

What is a political, cultural, or virtual milieu where debate is framed by appeals to emotion?

A) A social media post or tweet
B) Cyber propaganda
C) A post reality or microreality
D) A speech that is broadcast during an election

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Database hacking and molding the opinions of people who use online media are both forms of ?

A) Post reality
B) Cyber propaganda
C) Trolling
D) None of these is true

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The 'father of public relations,' Edward L. Bernays defined modern propaganda as

A) An effort to shape military events in order to win the war
B) A consistent, enduring effort to create or shape events to influence the relations of the public to an enterprise, idea, or group
C) A way for radio stations to make money through sponsorships or product endorsements of popular programs
D) None of the above

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The first known organization to formalize the use of propaganda and create the word itself was

A) The Catholic Church.
B) The federal government
C) Unicef
D) None of these is true

Question 5

Military propaganda was first used by

A) Duke of Wellington
B) Adolf Hitler
C) George Washington
D) Napoleon Bonaparte

Question 6

Anti-communism propaganda was

A) Included in Bowman Gum's 1951 set of children's bubblegum cards.
B) Included in College textbooks
C) Afforded through direct censorship
D) All of these are true

Question 7

The Daisy Girl ad showed a child picking flowers seconds before detonation of a nuclear bomb changed presidential elections by

A) Turning politicians into marketable products
B) Increasing the number of political lobbyists
C) Scaring the public by showing them the dangers of nuclear war
D) Creating a shortage in groceries and supplies

Question 8

Misrepresenting yourself to others in an online media site is an example of .

A) Post reality
B) Online Deception
C) Trolling
D) Cyber hacking

Question 9

Deepfakes, or the videos and images that are created by machine learning algorithms, were first studied in 1997 in a study known as

A) Rewriting Videos
B) Rewriting Images
C) Video Rewrite
D) Image Rewrite

Question 10

There are multiple issues of individual, corporate, and government harm relating to the creation of deepfake videos. These include

A) Lack of consent
B) Copyright infringement
C) Reputational Damage
D) All of the above

Question 11

A "Sockpuppet" is

A) Putting a sock on your hands and drawing a scary face on it
B) A form of deepfake video
C) A fake online persona
D) A form of fake news

Question 12

Online content using sentiment to confirm views, morals or social expectations held by the reader. It may even change the reader's worldview and behavior without them realizing it.

A) Propaganda
B) Memes
C) Catfishing
D) Fake News

Question 13

Russian trolls add a layer of camouflage by

A) Franchising trolling work out to other countries
B) Using fake online personas
C) Using political jargon
D) Stealing content from user accounts

Question 14

The ability to critically use media and analyze its messages is known as

A) Social literacy
B) Behavioral Literacy
C) Entertainment-education
D) Media Literacy

Question 15

_________ is a use of media to create social or behavioral change.

A) Social literacy
B) Behavioral literacy
C) Entertainment-education
D) Media literacy

Question 16

SNS members number millions and billions The 'big four' SNS sites with the most membership are

A) Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Snapchat
B) Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram
C) Facebook, Vimeo, Twitter, Instagram
D) Facebook, Vimeo, Tik Tok, MeWe

Question 17

Deepfakes are especially harmful to

A) Women and minorities
B) SNS users
C) Presidential election candidates
D) Celebrities and televangelists

Question 18

The practice of "doxing" relates to

A) Unfriending someone
B) Following Crusoe the Dachshund's SNS accounts
C) Blocking a user's account because you do not have the same beliefs
D) Sharing someone's personal information online

Question 19

Recently, on the Telegram platform, over 100,000 women were publicly 'stripped' which means

A) Their SNS accounts were taken away
B) Private information about their jobs was publicly released
C) Fake nude images of them were created
D) Their public profile was stolen

Question 20

Determining the authenticity of paintings is one way that deepfake technology can serve very positive purposes. What are the other ways?

A) Travel narration
B) Assistance for the visually impaired
C) Historical recreations
D) All of the above