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Test Your Media Literacy IQ!

The new digital landscape has increased media consumption around the globe. However, the culture of information we live in has also increased inaccuracies and misconceptions in the media. With the freedom the web provides, information comes from a wide range of sources -- often unverified or posted without accountability. This new media environment lead us to look for some of the most underreported or misunderstood of the moment. Take the quiz to test your digital literacy.

On average, American children aged 8-18 spend less than 7 hours per day consuming entertainment media.
True False
More civilians have died in Iraq than in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
True False
The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. continued to increase in 2010.
True False
A newborn in Slovenia has a better chance of survival than one born in the US.
True False
As of August 31, 2010 less than 50,000 U.S. troops remained in Iraq.
True False
Sixty-one percent of waste from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was disposed of in communities heavily populated by people of color.
True False
President Obama successfully closed the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.
True False
Research proves that childhood immunizations can cause autism.
True False
National Public Radio receives most of its funding from the federal government.
True False
Despite governmental censorship of the web, China has more Internet users than the U.S.
True False

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