Media Unit

Media Landscape

100

This is an account where someone is pretending to be a real person but is not them.

A bot/ troll

200

This is the name used for a media that is geared to a large audience with generally acceptable views

Mainstream media/corporate media

300

(2 part) This is another nickname for media who is publicly owned by stock holders. Their goal is to...

1. Corporate Media

2. MAKE MONEY!

400

2 part

a source who has a firsthand account of what happened. Historians call this a __________________

a source that uses different accounts of what happened but did not witness it themselves is called a __________________________

1. primary source

2. secondary source

500

Independent media has gained a large increase in popularity. Based on Mr. Uhl's slides, what percentage of TikTok get their news from TikTok

55% of users (will grant margin of error (+/-5%)

Source Research

100

Mr. Uhl said in class what is the major concern that you should think about how a source is created

Does it use AI?

200

How can you tell a source is biased by using language (looking for specific answer)

sensational/ exaggerated headlines

300

What are the 3 main goals a source may have?

1. Persuade

2. Entertain

3. Inform

400

List 3 things to look for in an author's credibility

1. Education

2. history/accomplishments

3. respect in the field

500

Based on the notes and what Mr. Uhl said, what is the second thing you should look for in a piece AFTER looking at statistics

does the author come to logical conclusions

Fallacy 1

100

This is when the person arguing brings up something irrelevant to the argument to distract from the main topic at hand. 

Red Herring

200

in this fallacy, the person arguing makes up the argument that the opposing side says so that they can easily dismiss it. (e.g. putting words in their mouth and attacking the made up argument)

Straw Man

300

This is when someone attacks a person personally in a debate, rather than their argument

Ad Homenim

400

This is when someone argues that their point of view is right because someone with education/power say so.

appeal to authority

500

This is when an argument plays to the idea that if one group is doing something it must be good (AKA the bandwagon)

Ad Populum

Fallacy 2

100

Person 1: I think that we don't spend enough on healthcare

Person 2: So you think that we should dump billions into the healthcare system for politicians to exploit

This is an example of what fallacy?

Straw Man

200

"Hi, my name is Mark Wahlberg. You should totally buy Verizon home internet since it moves so fast! This best shows what fallacy?

Appeal to authority

300

Everyone is buying the new Iphone. Why don't you too!

This is an example of what fallacy?

Ad Populum

400

"there is no reason why basketball players should make political arguments for unions. They are all tall stupid and ugly." this is an example of what fallacy?

Ad Homenim

500

"If you start playing Jazz music in your classroom, eventually the school will only allow Jazz music to be played during school! what fallacy is this?

Slippery Slope

Vocab

100

This is the term used to describe individuals who are capable of reading/watching sources and properly evaluate them

Media Literacy

200

An author's ______________ is their personal feelings and leanings that may implicitly or explicitly show up in their work.

Bias

300

a source's _________________ is how respected, factual, and accurate it is with information

credibility

400

The term ______________ means to persuade people with language or writing (often using fallacies to do so)

Rhetoric

500

Historians and journalists look between 2 sources on the same topic/story to fact check and see source consistency. this is called...

Cross-Referencing