The media

What does sensationalism mean?

• To overstate something to make it more shocking

• Different kinds of media

• Controlling something to report what you want to be read by others

• To downplay something and make it seem less important

What is the definition of clickbait?

What does current affairs mean?

Write a sensationalist/clickbait headline about British Council

What is a filter bubble?

• Researching multiple sources about a topic

• A story about blowing bubbles

• A form of looking for information that supports your own beliefs

• Researching for information without using the internet

What is an internet hoax

Draw examples of media outlets

Answer explanation

A media outlet is a way news is spread to its audience e.g., news websites/TV/radio/newspapers etc...

What is a groupthink?

• Asking your group members to think of an answer for your issues

• A group reaching a decision

• A way of solving a problem

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  When a group of people share the same opinion avoiding independent thoughts of their own

  
  

Answer explanation

A group think is a group of people who just agree with each others' ideas/opinions instead of critically thinking independently. They do this to avoid debate and to create peace and harmony within the group.

The government can manipulate the news in the media.

What does manipulate mean in this context?

• Report information truthfully

• Control the news and influence what they want people to read

• Write false headlines

• Give a lot of statistics and facts to support what is reported in the news.