Teachers can use the news to bring current events, civics and world issues into the classroom and integrate critical analysis to help students "read" beyond the reports. Critics (including many journalists) are increasingly voicing concerns about the quality of news: the infotainment that dominates TV current affairs programming, the new concerns about credibility raised by the Internet and the profit motives transforming newspapers and radio. Exploring how news is gathered and reported and identifying the various pressures advertisers, politicians and others put on news journalists can help kids assess information and engage them to become more informed and active citizens.
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How To Detect Bias In The News
Bias can creep into a news story via seemingly innocuous decisions, like the wording of a headline or the camera angle of shot. Here's how to be alert to ways news can be manipulated From Media Awareness Network
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How To Analyze News
Lesson ideas for a range of age groups, from the traditional five W's _ Who, What, Where, When and Why _ to the seven S's _ Story, Sequence, Scope, Structure, Style, Statement and Sponsor. A framework for deconstructing news. From Media Awareness Network
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Media Literacy In An Age Of Edutainment
Reviewing a series of New York Times articles and books by critics and journalists, Jamie McKenzie argues that media literacy is becoming increasingly vital as tabloid values dominate the news.
From The Educational Technology Journal
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AS THE MEDIA WATCH THE WORLD, WE WATCH THE
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