Role of Media Bellwork QUIZ

Question for day 1: L.A. 1.7.2.: Authors Purpose
  Which answer BEST describes this article: 

• a.  to analyze the role of mass media in monitoring and influencing government and the public sphere.
• b. to recognize the media acting in its roles as gatekeeper, agenda-setter, and watchdog.
• c. to analyze media communications for gripping information.
• d. to determine if the gatekeeper is going to open the gates for media to flow.

Question for day 2: LA.7.2.2.1: The student will locate, use, and analyze specific information from organizational text features (e.g. table of contents, headings, captions, bold print, italics, glossaries, indices, key/guide words).
Analyze the text to determine what the author means by when you hear the phrase “the media?”

• “The media” only refers to television.
• “The media” refers to the peoples influence on media
• “The media” refers to the source in which the news came from
• “The media” only refers to political influence in the  media

Question for day 3: LA.7.1.7.3: The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details
3. True or False: In its role as gatekeeper, the media decides which stories to run.

• True
• False

Question Day for 4:LA.7.1.6.3: use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words.
4.Determine the meaning of the word unbiased using context clues from the above passage.

•  favoring a specific opinion
• not favoring any view
• hearing only one persons view
• not hearing the view from the source

The media begins reporting about a disgusting-looking ingredient found in many common foods. Soon everyone is talking about the ingredient. People begin signing petitions, and soon there is a major movement to convince the government to outlaw the ingredient. This is an example of:

• Media as a watch-dog

• Media as a gatekeeper

• Media as an agenda setter

• Media is controversial

6: LA.7.2.2.1: The student will locate, use, and analyze specific information from organizational text features (e.g. table of contents, headings, captions, bold print, italics, glossaries, indices, key/guide words).
Analyze the text to determine the best reason as to why entire hour-long news shows are devoted to exposés according to the article.

• Stories designed to expose wrongdoing in the government.
• Stories designed to expose the celebrity gossip.
• Stories designed to show you what a dog is doing.
• Stories designed to showcase public opinion.

7: LA.7.1.7.3: The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level text through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details
True or false: In its role as watchdog, the media decides which issues need public action. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

8: LA.7.1.6.3: use context clues to determine meanings of unfamiliar words
Determine the meaning of the word watchdog using context clues from the above passage. 

• When you hire a sitter to watch your dog.
• The media keeps watch on the government and others in power.
• The media shows cute little puppies in a showcase.
• The media keeps watch on what is happening globally.