Media Literacy & Today's Journalism

Which phrase MOST accurately describes the relationship between bias and media? 

• If a piece of media is biased, it has no value
• bias can be avoided easily
• biased media is more interesting
• all media has a bias

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Fabricated content/posts, meant to mislead the public.

• Satire

• Click bait

• disinformation

• misinformation

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Who creates media messages?

•  People who work for large corporations that own the media we use
•  People who use media to text, tweet, post or share information online.
• a and b

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CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

According to the News Literacy Project (and generally speaking), which of the following would be indicators that this information is "fake news"?

• The post/news generates a strong emotional reaction

• The piece uses excessive punctuation and/or ALL CAPS!

• The publication date is listed, but it is a year old

• There are multiple photos/visuals used to provoke emotions

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following are core values of journalists?

• Independence

• Accuracy

• Impartiality

• Humanity

• Audience

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following means "a tendency to favor information based on preconceived beliefs and values"?

• Implicit bias

• Explicit bias

• Confirmation bias

• disconfirmation bias

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CCSS.RL.5.6

Why does misinformation ("fake news") persist?

• Confirmation bias

• Implicit bias

• Filter bubble/algorithms

• Lack of media literacy

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CCSS.RL.5.6