Media Bias

How has social media impacted media bias?

• Social media has reduced media bias by providing a platform for diverse perspectives to be heard.

• Social media has eliminated media bias entirely by promoting fact-checking and accountability.

• Social media has accelerated the spread of biased information and created echo chambers where individuals are exposed to only one side of the story, leading to increased polarization and misinformation.

• Social media has had no impact on media bias as it is controlled by traditional news outlets.

What is the danger of presenting opinions as facts in the media?

• Building credibility, upholding journalistic integrity, and ensuring accuracy.

• Increasing transparency, encouraging diverse perspectives, and strengthening democracy.

• Misleading the public, distorting reality, and eroding trust in journalism.

• Enhancing public knowledge, promoting critical thinking, and fostering healthy debate.

Why is it important to attribute sources in news reporting?

• To maintain credibility, transparency, and accountability in news reporting.

• To save time and effort in research

• To hide the original sources and claim credit

• To confuse readers with conflicting information

How can individuals identify when an opinion is being presented as a fact in the media?

• Check for colorful visuals, catchy headlines, and popular opinions.

• Verify the information with a single source, avoid cross-referencing.

• Rely solely on social media posts for news updates.

• Look for subjective language, lack of verifiable sources, and biased reporting.

Discuss a specific example where social media played a role in spreading biased information.

• 2016 German federal election misinformation on TikTok

• 2016 US presidential election misinformation on Facebook and Twitter

• 2016 UK parliamentary election misinformation on Instagram

• 2016 French presidential election misinformation on Snapchat

How can media consumers actively combat media bias in their daily consumption?

• Only consume news from one biased source

• Ignore all news sources

• Diversify news sources, fact-check information, be aware of biases, and engage critically.

• Believe everything without verification

• There is no bias

• Opinion statement presented as fact

• Omission of Source Attribution

• None of the above

• There is no Bias

• Opinion presented as Fact

• Omission of source attribution

• None of the above

• Opinion as fact

• Omission of source Attribution

• Not bias

• none of the above

• Omission of source Attribution

• None of the above

• There is no bias/fact

• opinion presented as fact