Glossary
Authority – Author, creator, producer, or publisher.
Bias - Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.
Clickbait – Websites with catchy headlines or titles, but little or no substance.
Cognitive Dissonance – The state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes.
Confirmation Bias – The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
Contemporary - Existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time.
Currency – Generally accepted, used, practiced, or prevalent at the moment
Empirical Evidence – Knowledge obtained through the use of the senses.
Fake News – News created to deliberately deceive its audience with false information.
Hoax – false information intentionally put out to deceive people.
Ideology - A system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
Logical Fallacy – Errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument.
Objective - (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts.
Opinion - A belief or judgment that rests on grounds insufficient to produce complete certainty.
Peer-Review - The evaluation of work by one or more people of similar competence.
Primary Source – Any other source of information that was created at the time under study.
Propaganda/Disinformation/Misinformation –Bias or intentionally false information disseminated to influence public opinion for a political purpose.
Purpose – The reason the source was written
Relevant – Closely connected or appropriate to what is being done or considered; appropriate to the current time, period, or circumstances; of contemporary interest.
Reliable – A source you can trust
Satirical News – News programs with comedic overtones that are intentionally funny.
Scholarly – Written by an expert in a field for an audience of other experts in that field.
Subjective - Based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions.
Supporting Sources/Corroborating Evidence – Sources that support something said in another source.