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WorksheetsHow TV Can Inform & Fake News Reflection
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
What did the "penny paper"of the 1800's help change?
world peace
homelessness
literacy rates
savings banks
Why is it dangerous to only acknowledge (read or watch) only ONE news outlet?
Circular Reporting
Accuracy
Bias
Celebrification
Circular Reporting attempts to
cause all news outlets to report similar news stories.
challenge the originality of the news story.
lead to better reporting.
make sure to have viewers tune into the next newscast.
Written statements that are false and harmful to someone's reputation
Libel
Product Placement
Slander
Narrowcasting
Which would be NOT BE TRUE of celebrification?
Oprah endorsing political candidates
Refugees approaching the US border
Kanye meets with Trump
Steph Curry responding to a young fans letter
Sensationalized news stories (ex. breaking news) draw viewers in because they are ...
filled with information and entertaining
inaccurate
false
always involve well known faces
Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette was widely popular because
because he was credited with many inventions
of his impressive humor in writing
he was the American President
it kept colonists informed of the action in the Revolutionary War
Joseph Pulitzer enticed female readers by including new sections to the newspaper EXCEPT
Fashion
Cooking
Sports
Horoscopes
Advertisements like this one were added to newspapers in the late 1800's to encourage
children to read
women to read
men to read
elderly to read
Are we more visual or literal in society?
Visual
Literal
TV viewers of the 1960's demanded
5 minute newscasts
30 minute newscasts
24 hour news channels
no news delivered
24 hour news reporting became popularized by the
Weather Channel
CNN Effect
Walter Cronkite
Penny Papers
We are likely to view news outlets that "speak our language" because of
Selective Exposure
the Pulitzer Prize
Selective Retention
Confirmation Bias
News channels have to rely on honest, researched reporting because lawsuits would be filed for
Perjury
Defamation of character
Sensationalization
Slander
Why are people less likely to view cable news in the 21st century?
Same repetitive formula
Can be summarized on social media
Nothing interesting happens
Only sad stories are reported
