Media and Its Power to Influence Flashcard

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MEDIA BIAS

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The media’s lack of impartial coverage on an issue that can, when extreme, lead to misleading reporting.

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How do newspapers and news programmes function as GATEKEEPERS?

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They control access to information by filtering content whilst providing ideally some degree of objectivity and maintaining ethical conduct.

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JOURNALISM ETHICS

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A set of rules and behaviours that journalists are expected to abide by, in order to ensure the reliability of information reported.

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MEDIA LITERACY

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A framework that allows people to access, critically evaluate, and create or manipulate media.

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STEREOTYPE

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A widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

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LIBEL

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A published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation.

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PRODUCT PLACEMENT

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A practice in which manufacturers of goods or providers of a service gain exposure for their products by paying for them to be featured in films and television programmes.

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SENSATIONALIST news

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The presentation of news stories in a way that is intended to provoke public interest or excitement, at the expense of accuracy.

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DESENSITISATION

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The idea that repeated exposure to media content reduces viewers’ emotional reaction to the content, undermining feelings of sympathy, empathy or concern.

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PROPAGANDA

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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.