Media and Campaigns

CE. 5c While the media sometimes uses misleading information called propaganda, more often it uses bias, which means –

• Broadcasting different points of view
• Separating fact from opinion
• Favoring one side over the other
• Rising campaign costs

CE 5c Which is not a way that voters evaluate campaign information for accuracy?

• maintain a position of apathy
• separate facts from opinion
• detect bias
• evaluate sources & identify propaganda

CE. 5c Identify candidates, emphasize the issues, write editorials, political cartoons, op-ed pieces, broadcast different points of view... these are all....

• functions of political parties
• stated in a party's platform
• mass media roles in elections
• similarities in political parties

The media includes all EXCEPT:

• Political donations

• The Internet

• Newspapers

• Radio

What strategy would you use to evaluate this statement for accuracy?

Joe Biden would make a great president - a 5 year old kid

• detecting bias

• emphasizing selected issues

• evaluating sources

• identifying propaganda

What is this?

• a blog on social media

• an op-ed piece

• an editorial

• a political cartoon

What's the difference between an editorial and an op-ed piece?

• the first is created by the newspaper and the second by the radio

• the first is an opinion by the newspaper and the second is an opinion from a reader of the newspaper

• the first is created on-line and the second is in print media

• the first is fact based and the second is opinion based