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Media Bias

Authored by Charlotte Hanley

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Media Bias
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Bias means _____________ one view over another view.

supplementing
favoring
opinioning
hosting

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A reporter whose newspaper is bought mostly by people who work in the oil industry is writing an article about the impact of exhaust fumes on environment. He only uses quotes from people who agree that car exhaust is not a problem. This article is an example of which type of bias?

Bias by spin
Bias by labeling
Bias by selection of sources
Bias by omission

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

A reporter writes an article about the latest Nike shoes claiming only the coolest people will be seen wearing them. Only fools would wear anything else. This is an example of which type of bias?

Bias by labeling
Bias by spin
Bias by selection of sources
Bias by omission

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

If an author relays all the facts regarding a topic it shows

Positive Bias
Objective
Negative Bias

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

You have to understand the goals of media to be able to judge their

creations
skeptical
credibility
realism

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

A news outlet prominently places a news story about a high school student that is arrested for hacking into the school computer system as it coincides with their agenda to show how student make poor choices while 'burying' articles that show students helping rebuild houses with Habitat for Humanity.  What kind of bias is this? 

Source Control
Placement
Headline
Selection and Omission

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Leaving out one side of an article is called _____ bias. 

Omission
Source
Placement
Spin

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

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