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WorksheetsMedia Bias
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is bias?
Preference or prejudice.
Something you buy.
Saying what you want.
Reading the news.
Who did BTN say are all a little biased?
Shops.
Schools.
We all are.
Kids are.
When do we start to develop tastes for all sorts of things?
When we are old.
From the time we are little.
When we get a job.
From the time we get married.
Who influences our bias?
Toyworld.
The government.
The Queen.
Our families, communities and our own experiences.
What other thing did BTN say influences our bias?
Books.
The media.
Ideas.
Dreams.
How can bias be useful in some situations?
It can help us make decisions.
It tricks us.
It puts us to sleep.
It tells the truth.
What is a negative about how bias can influence us?
It can teach us things.
It can lead us to falsely believe things that are not necessarily true or correct.
It is good for us.
It is a learning opportunity.
Sometimes media bias is a deliberate attempt at influencing what?
The flavour of ice cream they like.
Their bed time.
The way people think.
How tall they grow.
Why do media organisations make ads?
To go on television.
To find aliens.
To make ice cream.
To make money.
Sometimes media organisations are biased simply because they are trying to boost what?
The colours on their shows.
Amount of time on tv.
Ice cream sales.
Ratings.
We humans have a powerful urge to be what?
Right.
Wrong.
Undecided.
Not sure about things.
Why do we seek out information?
Because we are stubborn.
Because we can.
To prove what we already think.
To learn things.
Media organisations know that by appealing to their existing audience they are making them what?
Listen.
Happy.
Angry.
Sleepy.
They also know that by telling the audience what they want to hear they are what?
Encouraging them to keep watching.
Putting them to sleep.
Switching off.
Selling the tv.
What did the Aliens use the music to do to the humans?
Put them to sleep.
Make them happy and dance so that they trusted the Aliens.
Make them run away.
Make them forget.
