Starter quiz
- We expect the media to act with no __________ benefit.
- impersonal
- personal ✓
- different
- indifferent
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- What should journalists and the media help us to do?
- understand information ✓
- teach us incorrect facts
- read the latest news ✓
- learn everything we need to know
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- Order the name of this document that outlines the rules that the media must follow.
- 1⇔National
- 2⇔Union
- 3⇔of
- 4⇔Journalists
- 5⇔Code
- 6⇔of
- 7⇔Conduct
- What sort of information should the media NOT provide?
- bias ✓
- truthful
- reliable
- accurate
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- The media are responsible for respecting⇔privacy ✓
- The media are responsible for avoiding⇔discrimination ✓
- The media are responsible for being⇔neutral ✓
- What does OFCOM stand for?
- Official of Communicating
- Officer of Communication
- Office of Communications ✓
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Exit quiz
- Democracy in the UK means that we are able to have free and ______ elections.
- 'fair' ✓
- Which of these is not a main role of the media?
- setting the agenda
- giving us unreliable information ✓
- informing and educating
- holding people accountable
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- The right to vote is known as ...
- Parliament
- suffrage ✓
- monarchy
- election
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- Some news outlets openly support a political party, which influences what they publish. What are these links called?
- affiliations ✓
- equality
- differentiations
- authority
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- Match the start of the sentence with its ending.
- The media should provide information⇔the public can understand. ✓
- Educating the public means that⇔they can make informed choices. ✓
- The media gives opportunities to⇔discuss and debate issues. ✓
- The media should give us information about important events, like the ______ of King Charles III.
- 'coronation' ✓
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Key learning points
- Democracy allows the people to rule and vote in free and fair elections.
- The media has three main roles: setting the agenda, informing and educating, and holding people accountable.
- The media encourages public debate, gives everyone a voice and reveals the truth, especially during elections.
- By sharing key events and running campaigns, the media raises awareness of important issues.
- The media encourages active participation in democracy and keeps us informed about what is happening around the world.
Common misconception
The media doesn’t play a role in democracy and simply reports what the Government tells it.
The media has an important role in democracy. It sets the agenda by choosing which issues to focus on, helping inform and educate the public. This means the media, not the Government, decides which stories are highlighted and discussed.
Keywords
Media - forms of communication like radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people
Democracy - a system of government in which citizens vote in regular, fair elections for representatives who then make laws and decisions on their behalf
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