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Media Literacy Terms and Bias Chart Challenge!

Media Literacy Terms and Bias Chart Challenge!

Assessment

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English, Computers, Journalism

11th - 12th Grade

Medium

CCSS
RI.9-10.7, RI.11-12.10, RI.8.1

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Nicole Mahool

Used 15+ times

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5 Slides • 15 Questions

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Media Literacy Terms and Bias Chart Challenge!

November 23rd 2020

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Directions

  • As I go through the slides, you'll be prompted to answer a series of questions (Multiple Choice, True/False, Short Answer, etc.).

  • Questions are timed, and you will not be allowed to go back once you submit your answer.

  • Let's see who knows their stuff--you'll be quizzed in 3 parts: Vocabulary, Big Ideas, and Reading the Media Bias Chart

  • Your score will automatically tally and show in Google Classroom upon completion

  • Ready, Set, Go! 😁

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Part I: Vocabulary

This section will test your knowledge on last week's words...may the odds be ever in your favor!

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Multiple Choice

Which term best matches the following definition:


"Someone who creates and sends messages."

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Conservative

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Consumer

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Producer

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Liberal

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Fill in the Blank

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Fill in the blank with the correct term:


Communication that takes place face-to-face is called _______ communication.

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Multiple Choice

Konstantinos and Alvin witnessed a robbery. The police question them about the time of the break in, and Alvin isn't sure. Konstantinos says it happened at 11:15pm, and Alvin suddenly agrees with him. What is this an example of?

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Law of Closure

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Confirmation Bias

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False Memory

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Information Satisficing

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Multiple Select

True or False. Media is how a message is delivered.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is an activity a consumer would engage in?

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Creating a blog

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Replying to an email

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Posting a comment

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Reading a post

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Multiple Select

True or False.


When reading a Facebook post, you are encoding a message.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Read the following passage, and answer the question.


"...imagine that a person holds a belief that left-handed people are more creative than right-handed people. Whenever this person encounters a person that is both left-handed and creative, they place greater importance on this "evidence" that supports what they already believe."


What is this an example of?

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Confirmation Bias

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Law of Closure

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False Memory

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Schema

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Multiple Select

This video shows an example of which Media Literacy term?

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Yellow Journalism

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Misinformation

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Disinformation

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Fake News

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Multiple Select

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Which type of communication is being shown in this picture?

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Mediated

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Non-Mediated

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Part II: Big Ideas and Important Concepts

This section will focus on the major concepts we learned last week.

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Fill in the Blank

Fill in the blank with the correct term.


If media is a message, then _________ is the way the message is delivered.

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Multiple Select

True or False.


We love stories so much that we'd rather believe fake news over hard facts if the story is good enough.

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True

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False

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Multiple Select

True or False.


The law of closure can lead to false memories, which aids in the spread of disinformation.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Select

True or False.


Many news outlets have a certain amount of bias that increases their reliability in reporting current events.

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True

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False

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Open Ended

Explain how fake news can happen and describe how it can spread so quickly.

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Poll

How satisfied are you with your current score on this challenge?

I am a rockstar! 🙌🏽

Meh...Somewhat Satisfied 🤷🏽‍♀️

Somewhat dissatisfied 🤦🏽‍♀️

Is there a do-over? 🙅🏽‍♂️

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Part III: Media Bias Chart

Wait, there's another part?!?

Media Literacy Terms and Bias Chart Challenge!

November 23rd 2020

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