Intro to Media Lit
A word for dramatizing or exaggerating stories to appeal to readers and draw in consumers.
What is sensationalism?
This is when something is altered from the original such as images that have had content added or removed.
What is manipulated content?
This is a person who buys goods and services.
What is a consumer?
These are the attitudes and beliefs both positive and negative about ideas, people, or institutions that occur outside of our conscious awareness and control.
What is implicit bias?
These are words and phrases that distort the audience's perception of the event or topic. It should remain neutral.
What is tone?
It's unequal or unfair favor toward one side at the expense of the opposing side.
What is bias?
This is misinformation that takes an image, quote, or other piece of content and puts it into a new false context to change its meaning.
what is false context?
This is ISP’s & servers the information takes / wires that connect networks / binary code / texts.
What is the first and last mile?
This is the selective collection of evidence, it's our subconscious tendency to seek and interpret information in ways that confirm our existing beliefs or expectations.
What is confirmation bias?
This is all the people, organizations, documents, and other pieces of information that are used to put together a news report
What is sourcing?
This is the message the creator wants to send is written in a code of sorts, using a host of pre understood meaning symbols and definitions.
What is encoding?
This is a result the use of a well known name brand or logo to fool people into believing that it is authentic content.
What is imposter content?
This is the principle that Internet service providers (ISPs) must treat all Internet communications equally, and not charge users different rates based on content, website, platform, application, type of equipment, source address, destination address, or method of communication.
What is net neutrality?
This is happening when a journalist or news outlet tries so hard to avoid appearing biased that their coverage actually misrepresents the facts.
What is neutrality bias?
This is the process that news outlets use to decide which issues or events to cover.
What is story selection?
These are values and Ideas Promoted by the media
This is misinformation that is entirely made up and designed to deceive you into thinking that it's real.
What is fabricated content?
This is a bipartisan bill that would try to hamper the negative impacts of social media on kids under 16.
What is KOSA?
This happens when race, gender, ethnicity, culture, economic status and other factors impact news coverage.
What is demographic bias?
This is the way a journalist approaches and organizes a story.
What is framing?
This is the idea that a message's meaning is inevitably sent and received in its entirety, just as intended - every time.
What is textual determinism?
A picture of Bruce Springsteen performing wearing a blank tee shirt that has been edited to say "KEEP AMERICA TRUMPLESS" is an example of this.
What is manipulated content?
These are the authors of the bipartisan bill discussed in class.
Who are Blumenthal & Blackburn?
This is when a journalist's assumptions or perceptions of a major event may cause them to ignore keys facts, skew information or jump to conclusions.
What is big story bias?
This is the act of exposing the falseness or hollowness of (a myth, idea, or belief).
What is debunking?