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Research Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Currency | the money that is used in a particular country at a particular time |
| Relevance | The property or state of being relevant or pertinent |
| Credible | able to be believed or trusted |
| Superficial | affecting only the outer part or surface : not deep or serious |
| Propaganda | he spreading of ideas, information, or rumors for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person |
| Bias | a particular tendency or inclination, esp. one that prevents unprejudiced consideration of a question; prejudice. |
| Ideology | a set of beliefs or principles, especially one on which a political system, party, or organization is based |
| Impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| Objective | based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings |
| Domain | a subdivision of the Internet consisting of computers or sites usually with a common purpose |
| Algorithms | are an ordered set of instructions recursively applied to transform data input into processed data output, such as a mathematical solution, search engine result, descriptive statistics, or predictive text suggestions. |
| Sensationalism | a set of websites on the internet that end with the same letters, for example .com |
| Disinformation | deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda. |
| Misinformation | false information, given either by mistake or deliberately |
| Purpose | the reason for which anything is done, created, or exists |
| Perspective | the state of one's ideas, the facts known to one, etc., in having a meaningful interrelationship. |
| Susceptible | accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence |
| Accuracy | the condition or quality of being true, correct, or exact; freedom from error or defect; precision or exactness; correctness. |
| Parenthetical | pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis |
| Citation | the act of citing or quoting a reference to an authority or a precedent. |