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Digital Media LiteracyMalware & other
Malware is
• Adware• Spyware• Viruses, Trojans, etc.
How to get it• Email• Bad websites
– Fake malware-rougues– Video codecs– You won!
• Downloaded games, music, etc.
You Won!
No, you didn’t win…
Fake Warnings
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You need a “codec”
• To play this movie• To show this content, etc.
Downloads
download.com
Read before installing!
ratings
Download.com
User reviews
User reviews
“I don’t recommend using LimeWire for ANY software downloads. The files all seem to contain viruses.”
“I don’t recommend using LimeWire for ANY software downloads. The files all seem to contain viruses.”
Rogue Software
Wrong URL
Wrong URL
Wrong URL
goggle
Review
• Careful where you click
Don’t be tricked
Evaluation ActivityLook at each web page carefully. Try to figure out:Who created the page – is that a good source?Is the information given reliable? (Check at other
sites)Beothuk IndiansGlobal Warming is a HoaxBurmese Mountain DogThe Great Moon HoaxCivil WarHatshepsutJackalopeJefferson & HamiltonHospital Bills $1,000 for a Toothbrush
• School web site• Not reliable
• By Individuals• Not reliable
• By Individual• Hoax site
• .gov• reliable
• Wikipedia• Use to find other
sites
• School web site• Not reliable
• Not sure• Hoax – other
sources
• K12 • Not reliable
Finding Better Sources
• Cross-Check• Select specific
words & search
• All Media Constructed by Someone
Fact vs. opinion
Sources
Primary Secondary Higher
Medical Report
News
Blogger
Wikipedia
•Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Quaternary
Quiz - Which is better?
• Primary• Secondary• Higher
