Q3 Digital Deceptions: Introduction

Introduction   

You are a core production member of your school’s Media Club. Your team manages the club’s email, social media feeds, and YouTube channel. To keep the club safe and maintain your student audience's trust, you must protect your accounts from scammers, craft honest yet engaging content, and fact-check viral claims before you air them.  

learning objectives

I can:

• Spot red flags in suspicious emails, DMs, and sponsor messages to protect my accounts from phishing scams. 
• Explain how clickbait and emotional traps are designed to manipulate my attention and force a click. 
• Use fact-checking strategies to verify whether a video or audio clip is real, edited, or an AI deepfake. 
• Evaluate digital offers and giveaways to tell the difference between legitimate opportunities and online scams.