The Role of Media

What is the main idea of the passage?

• The media has no impact on public opinion

• The media plays a significant role in shaping public opinion

• Public opinion has no relation to the media

• The media only reports facts without influencing public opinion

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Main ideas and supporting details

What are some of the supporting details mentioned in the text regarding the role of journalists and news organizations?

• Presenting accurate and unbiased information

• Distortion of truth through media bias and sensationalism

• Importance of individuals critically analyzing information from multiple sources

• Promoting fake news for higher ratings

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Main ideas and supporting details

According to the passage, why is it important to understand the role of media in shaping public perception?

• To control public opinion

• To maintain a well-informed and democratic society

• To manipulate public perception

• To increase media profits

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Evaluating claims and arguments

The media play a very important role in the political process of elections. They help -

• Nominate candidates to run for political office.
• Highlight campaign issues and community concerns.
• Limit opportunities for citizens to run for political office.
• By broadcasting jokes or publishing cartoons about the current president.

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

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

It refers to the various channels of communication between a person or persons and their intended audience. Television, radio, newspapers and the internet are different types of it.

• Media

• Information

• Communication

The inadvertent sharing of false information.

• Misinformation

• Malinformation

• Disinformation

The deliberate creation & sharing of information known to be false.

• Misinformation

• Malinformation

• Disinformation