News Organizations
By using positive, negative, or neutral language in the headline and/or lead.
How do journalist set the tone of the article?
Using critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news and information, knowing the difference between facts, opinions and assertions in the media that we consume, create and distribute.
What is Media Literacy?
A thing that indisputably proves the case
What is facts?
The systematic dissemination of information, ideas, rumors, or biased content deliberately spread to influence public opinion and direct behavior.
What is Propaganda?
Using images and graphics can affect how readers interpret a news story
Why should journalist be aware of the images and graphics used in articles?
The computable system that uses engagement data to provide related content
What is a social media algorithm?
The skill set needed to think deeper and independently to develop one's own opinion on a topic.
What are critical thinking skills?
The use of virtue words to link a person, or idea, to a positive symbol.
What is Glittering Generalities?
It establishes a focus and helps create the article's tone.
What is the purpose of a headline?
The idea that with modern technology anyone can get news about anywhere in the world.
What is the idea/concept behind "all news is 'local' news"?
A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge
What is an opinion?
The different ways an organization or person can persuade an audience by tapping into logic, emotion, or trust, also known as ethos, logos, and pathos
What are rhetorical appeals?
Source selection can shape the story's focus and influence which viewpoints readers encounter
Why should journalists examine which sources are quoted in an article?
By not engaging with the content and verifying the facts before we do.
How can we stop the spreading of fake news?
The ability to be trusted for accuracy and honesty.
What is reliability?
A device by which the propagandist links the authority or prestige of something well-respected and revered, such as church or nation, to something he would have us accept
What is a transfer?
While the story is the same, different journalist can approach their articles from different angles or lenses.
How do different news outlets produce different articles on the same story?
Social media algorithms directly shape your perception of reality by prioritizing user engagement rather than factual accuracy. Because of this, modern media literacy must include algorithmic literacy, or the ability to understand and question how these hidden computer scripts filter your information
Why does Social Media Literacy matter?
A positive statement or declaration, often without support or reason
What is an assertion?
Making huge predictions about the future on the basis of a few small facts.
What is unwarranted extrapolation?