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INSTRUCTIONS AND RUBRICS

WW 6 – Manipulative Information Worksheet

Instructions:

Search online for posts and articles that show manipulative information.

Screenshot the posts and articles then pastem them in the table below.

To provide context, put a 3-5 sentence explanation for each screenshot.

Upload your work in PDF following the prescribed name format.

CONSUMER CONFUSION CROWD MANIPULATION


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EXPLANATION:
This is a classic case of crowd confusion which
is false scarcity. This post was made by MSB
academy, a “company” in hot water right now
for allegations of scams and fraudulent
activities, and the sale was made at least 3
months ago and it indicates that the sale will
end in 3 days. However, up until this day, the
sale still is valid, meaning that the seller
intentionally created a scheme where he would
create an illusion of scarcity in order for many
people to join his online courses.
PROPAGANDA
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This is an old article manipulation by the
economists. As you can, see, the economists’
photographer manipulated the actual photo using
the art of cropping and making the photo darker.
From the side by side, you can see that they
misleadingly and intentionally gave a grim look to
what seems to be an innocent looking picture by
Barack Obama to incite a reaction to the readers.
GATEKEEPING
EXPLANATION:
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Trump refers to outlets such as The New York
Times and Washington posts in a bad light. Not
only that, he made “claims” that these media The post indicates a fan stating that “some fans
outlets are propagated by big media. This is aren’t real fans of Taylor Swifts”. She adds that
direct propaganda given the crowd that Donald “those fans” are only there for the aesthetic. This is
Trump has and his influence and in this case, a classic case of gatekeeping because someone is
he uses said influenced to target people in creating an imaginary standard on what it means to
believing the same. be a fan of someone rather than the standard of
enjoying what the artist does in the first place.

HOAX FEAR MONGERING

EXPLANATION: EXPLANATION:

This post by Elon Musk is a hoax in his part to This post by said “Faculty of Medical Sciences”
create the notion of Twitter’s prevalence and incites fear into people by clearly posting heinous
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dominance in the internet in terms of generated and untrue beliefs into people and using his
clicks since he currently owns it. Then, seen position to make his claims credible. He is stating
right below is the new feature that Twitter has that if they do not follow his claims then they would
debunking this said narrative set by Elon Musk. be in peril. As one can see on the right side,
It states that the latter is true, where Facebook debunks his claim altogether.
holds a commanding lead over Twitter and
Pinterest.