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Media Literacy for the 2024 Provincial General Election in British Columbia

24 Jun 2024

Go through the information sources across the top of the table: ©MEDIASMARTS 2024 www.mediasmarts.ca 6 MEDIA LITERACY FOR THE 2024 PROVINCIAL GENERAL ELECTION IN BRITISH COLUMBIA Professional news: News outlets that do original reporting, have a commitment to accuracy and a process to make sure that what they publish is accurate before they publish it, and publish corrections if they make mistakes. [...] INVESTIGATING ELECTION DISINFORMATION CLAIMS (20 MINUTES) Now ask: What would be the “best” source to find out if a claim that we’ve seen about a provincial election or the voting process is true? Prompting questions: • How could we find out if the voting place we had planned to go to was closed? • How could we tell if the source that shared that information was reliable? • What might be the best. [...] On the “Spending by advertiser” table, the “Page name” is the name of the Facebook page associated with the advertisement. [...] On the “Spending by advertiser” table, the “Page name” is the name of the Facebook page associated with the advertisement. [...] How do you know? Some registered voters, including False those with a disability that prevents them from How do you know? If a voter cannot vote in person voting in person, are receiving care in a hospital, or on the day of the election, they can vote by mail or are a deployed member of the military, can vote by at an advance poll or they might qualify for assisted telephone: ..
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