Starter quiz
- The media is bound by what?
- protections
- infractions
- regulations ✓
- accessions
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- Complete the sentence, the media has a duty to report the news...
- 'accurately' ✓
- Which UK broadcaster must remain politically neutral?
- BBC ✓
- Dispatches
- Channel 5
- ITV
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- Investigative journalism supports democracy by reporting on what?
- Social issues and injustices ✓
- Global news stories only
- The current music charts
- Celebrity gossip
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- A media that follows democratic values helps citizens to become what?
- impatient
- incredible
- impecible
- informed ✓
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- What is the name of a popular British television programme that encourages viewers to debate key issues in society?
- 'This Morning' ✓
Exit quiz
- What is the name for false information that has not been created with the intention of causing harm?
- 'Misinformation' ✓
- Russian reports that Boris Johnson was on a ventilator during the Covid-19 pandemic was an example of what?
- misinformation
- disinformation ✓
- truthful reporting
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- Which type of information is viewed as having a malicious purpose?
- misinformation
- disinformation
- malinformation ✓
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- False information can be more of an issue on social media because there is less what?
- 'Regulation' ✓
- In a democracy, how should the media support citizens in the run up to an election?
- Provide factual information so they can make their own decision. ✓
- Provide bias information so they're persuaded to vote a certain way.
- Provide false information, to mislead citizens and impact voting.
- By telling them exactly who they should vote for.
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- Computer programs that people create to look like real people and post/interact in a certain way on social media are called what?
- mots
- cots
- bots ✓
- zots
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Key learning points
- There are different types of false information including misinformation, disinformation and malinformation.
- False information is damaging in a democracy as citizens need to be able to trust the news.
- Regulations can support in limiting the ammount of false news, but social media is more difficult to regulate.
- Citizens should critically evaluate information to consider its accuracy.
Common misconception
Social media news posts are always accurate.
There is misinformation within all media, but even more so with social media due to a lack of regulation.
Keywords
Democracy - a system of Government in which citizens vote in regular, fair elections for political representatives.
Misinformation - false or misleading information shared by mistake, without intent to deceive
Disinformation - false information shared deliberately to mislead or harm
Malinformation - true information used out of context to mislead or harm
Regulation - rules or laws to control or guide behaviour for society’s benefit
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