Starter quiz
- Who is the head of the Government in the UK?
- 'Prime Minister' ✓
- What information does the news contain?
- fashion trends
- personal opinions
- current events ✓
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- What does the acronym, TV, stand for?
- traveller
- television ✓
- trivial
- tavern
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- A government has ideas which they want to put in place to improve life for people in society. There are not just rules or laws but there are official documents called...
- 'policies' ✓
- Match up the type of media with the sense you need to access it.
- artwork⇔touch ✓
- television⇔see ✓
- newspapers⇔read ✓
- radio⇔hear ✓
- What is the UK's system of government called?
- dictatorship
- republic
- senate
- democracy ✓
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Exit quiz
- Which of these are examples of print media?
- magazines ✓
- television
- social media
- newspapers ✓
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- All forms of the media are about giving people ...
- 'information' ✓
- What is the model to test whether information is newsworthy known as?
- VIT model
- VAT model
- VIA model ✓
- VIN model
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- News __________ guide journalists into selecting interesting and important stories.
- values ✓
- visions
- morals
- minutes
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- Match up the word with its definition.
- timelessness⇔information about recent events ✓
- oddity⇔unusual events that are surprising ✓
- impact⇔stories that affect a lot of people ✓
- What is an information neighbourhood based on?
- its purpose and source ✓
- its popularity and reach
- on style and presentation
- on audience and location
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Media has three main types: print media, such as newspapers; broadcast media like TV and new media, like social media.
- To be considered reliable news, information must follow the VIA model - Verification, Independence, Accountability.
- News values guide journalists in selecting stories which are interesting, for example timelessness, oddity and impact.
- It's important to know the information neighbourhood you are in. These include categories like news and propaganda.
- Understanding these different sources of media and information neighbourhoods helps you know the purpose of the media.
Common misconception
We all get our news and information from the same place.
People get their news and information from a range of different media sources which can result in people believing very different stories.
Keywords
Media - forms of communication like radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people
Information - knowledge communicated concerning a particular fact or subject, often presented to us in the media
News - information about current events
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