Final Assignment You have three options for your Final Project. Only choose and complete one of the options. No matter which option you choose, you must answer this prompt: What does it mean to be information/media literate? What are the benefits to being media literate? What are the detriments? What strategies can enable you to properly evaluate information and identify misinformation? Explain how media literacy can impact you personally as well as the nation at large. Finally, how will you approach information in your daily life now that you are ‘information literate’? Include as many relevant issues and concepts from class to support your final project, including but not limited to: Web Visibility The Spectrum of Credibility Credibility Clock Personal and Political Bias in Media Objectivity Filter Bubbles Echo Chambers Types of Disinformation Strategies to Identify Disinformation Mass Data Collection The Rise of Deep Fakes The Dunning-Kreuger Effect Option 1: Essay Write a reflection essay. 1 Five pages long, not including a one page Works Cited (in MLA), 2 Double spaced, Times New Roman font size 12. 3 Include a works cited in MLA citation format as your sixth page. 4 If you cite an idea or quote an author, your in text citations must also be in MLA format. 5 Spelling and grammar must be perfect because they will be part of your grade. 6 You can discuss any and all of the ideas in this class.

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