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TruthQuester! Badge

This information literacy badge may be earned and awarded to students at Southern New Hampshire University. Others are free to participate, however may not earn a SNHU-authored badge.

Scenario:


How does information spread? Your friend just texted about a shooting going on at their campus. Now what? How do you find out more?

Text conversation: Found out there's a shooter on campus! Are you OK? Yeah, Campus Safety is on it.

With cell phones in our pockets, the exchange of information is immediate and continuous. If you received this text from a friend, what might you do next? 

Social Media


Memes and videos are flying all over Instagram, X(Twitter), and TikTok. Check these out:

         Meme: Oh, you need a magazine that holds 30 rounds? Is that in case the deer starts shooting back?            Meme. Text: Switzerland. 1 in 2 citizens has guns, lowest crime rate in world.

Thinking Point: What is the motivation behind creating a meme? 

Task

Find a meme about gun violence and copy & paste it into your infographic poster. Remember to credit the meme's creator by pasting the link in a small font beneath the image.