Starter quiz
- What is a government called that allows its citizens to vote in free and fair elections?
- 'democracy' ✓
- The media has a responsibility to set the ...
- mandate
- agenda ✓
- evidence
- journalist
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- What role does the media have in common with the role of a school?
- educating ✓
- entertaining
- manufacturing
- advertising
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- During what important time does the media support politicians in spreading their messages?
- during meetings
- during holidays
- during elections ✓
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- The media shares⇔important events. ✓
- The media helps⇔raise awareness. ✓
- The media encourages⇔active participation. ✓
- The media should tell us what is happening locally, nationally and ...
- 'globally' ✓
Exit quiz
- To make sure those in power are responsible for their actions and decisions, the media need to hold leaders ...
- 'accountable' ✓
- What do the media not use to get leaders to take responsibility for their actions?
- front page headlines
- in-depth interviews
- investigative journalism
- avoidance of questions ✓
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- What does holding leaders responsible prevent?
- enhanced public trust
- encouraged corruption
- misuse of power ✓
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- Investigative journalism⇔involves an in-depth study of a single topic of interest. ✓
- Power is⇔having control or authority over something or someone. ✓
- In a democracy⇔leaders must act fairly and deliver on their promises. ✓
- What do campaigns help to raise?
- tempers
- awareness ✓
- money ✓
- weights
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- Who did the expenses scandal focus on in 2009?
- 'MPs' ✓
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Key learning points
- Holding people to account ensures those in power are responsible for their actions and decisions.
- The media holds leaders accountable through interviews, the design of front pages and investigative journalism.
- In a democracy, leaders must act fairly and deliver on their promises; it is the media's role to hold them to account.
- Media accountability prevents power misuse and reminds leaders that they serve the public.
Common misconception
There are no examples of the media holding those in power to account.
There are many examples of the media holding those in power to account, for example, if a politician makes promises about education and doesn't deliver, the media could publish an article about it to hold them to account.
Keywords
Media - forms of communication like radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people
Power - having control or authority over something or someone
Accountable - required to explain, justify and take responsibility for one's actions and to answer to someone, such as a person with more authority
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