Media Literacy Vocabulary

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___________ is a person who writes for newspapers, magazines, or news websites or prepares news to be broadcast

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Journalist

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Explicit Bias

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The attitudes and beliefs we have about a person or group on a conscious level

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A thing that is known or proved to be true

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Facts

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stereotypes

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a fixed idea that many people have about a thing or a group that may often be untrue or only partly true

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A report that informs the audience without trying to convince them of anything.

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Straight News

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Being prejudiced toward a person or idea.

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Bias

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Which is NOT a definition of "context"?

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They are all definitions

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The concept that people tend to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.

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Confirmation Bias

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Implicit Bias

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The unconscious attitudes, beliefs, and stereotypes that affect how we think about and behave towards others

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Propaganda

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Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular cause or point of view