Starter quiz
- Match the word to the correct definition.
- censorship⇔the control of information or ideas within a society ✓
- media⇔television, radio, printed and new media which can reach large numbers ✓
- inconvenient⇔causing difficulty or trouble, often by making things less easy ✓
- What would count as offensive information?
- Information that could anger people. ✓
- Information that could educate people.
- Information that could pacify people.
- Information that could scare people.
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- Details relating to the death of Princess Diana in 1997 were censored because they were classed as which type of information?
- False information
- Misinformation
- Sensitive information ✓
- Truthful information
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- Which type of information could be censored due to it being harmful?
- Celebrity content
- Interiors content
- Extremist content ✓
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- Citizens being able to take part in the Government of their own country, including voting in free and fair elections, is known as a what?
- 'Democracy' ✓
- When a media has clear rules, checks and balances in place, this means that it is...
- stimulated
- regulated ✓
- mutated
- ill fated
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Exit quiz
- What is the term used to describe having control or authority over something or someone?
- power ✓
- cower
- uncertain
- frail
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- Being responsible for your actions and decisions, and being required to justify them to others is known as being what?
- 'Accountable ' ✓
- Which is not a ground rule during a deliberative discussion?
- Respecting privacy
- Not making judgements
- Listening to others
- Interrupting others ✓
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- Who holds the media to account?
- Regulators ✓
- Politicians
- The monarch
- The House of Lords
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- Which is a limitation of the media being able to hold those in power to account?
- lack of access ✓
- investigative journalism
- live debates
- opinion pieces
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- Which is not a preparation stage for a deliberative discussion?
- a short rationale
- a supporting argument
- analysis to make your point clear
- not allowing others to speak ✓
- linking back to your rationale
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Key learning points
- A deliberative discussion is well planned and respectful, it's not an argument.
- Holding someone or something to account means they are being scrutinised and are responsible for their actions.
- People in power must be held to account due to the responsibility trum e.g. politicians are trusted to represent us.
- Media holds those in power to account but there are limitations to this.
Common misconception
That to do well in a discussion or debate you must shout the loudest and interupt others.
A successful deliberative discussion involves consideration, weighing different viewpoints and respect.
Keywords
Accountable - being responsible for one's actions and decisions, and being required to explain or justify them to others including those in positions of power or authority
Power - having control or authority over something or someone
Deliberative - involving careful thought, discussion, and consideration before making decisions or reaching conclusions
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