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Understanding Media Bias

Understanding Media Bias

Assessment

Interactive Video

English

9th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

CCSS
6.NS.B.3, RL.5.6, RI.11-12.8

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Standards-aligned

Created by

Jami Adelman

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56 questions

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1.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

Which of these statements most closely reflects your perception of bias in the news media?

Most journalists and news outlets don’t really consider whether their coverage is impartial or unbiased.

Most journalists and news outlets are intentionally biased and seek to get their audience to believe specific things.

Most journalists and news outlets try to make their straight news reporting as impartial, or unbiased, as possible, but they may have blind spots that cause them to fall short sometimes.

I haven’t really thought about this before or I don’t know.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

3.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

4.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

5.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

6.

SLIDE QUESTION

30 sec • Ungraded

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CCSS.6.NS.B.3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The producer of a morning news show inadvertently dedicated more air time to coverage of her preferred presidential candidate's platform than to the platforms of other candidates who are polling equally well.

Partisan Bias

Demographic Bias

Corporate Bias

Neutrality Bias

"Big Story" Bias

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CCSS.RL.5.6

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