Media in America

What is bias in the media?

• Showing two sides of the argument

• News reported in a partial/prejudiced manner

• Only providing facts

Using labels to describe places, events and people is

• Bias through use of names/titles

• Bias through placement

• Bias through source control

• Bias through crowd counts

Williams was involved in a slightly more entertaining semi-final... is

• Bias through use of names/titles

• Bias through word choice and tone

• Bias through placement

• Bias through crowd counts

'It is a moral outrage...' is bias through

• that this news piece is positive

• that the reader's morals are good

• that any other point of view is unjust

• Self Control

Bias in the media can influence the reader to feel

• positively towards an issue

• negatively towards an issue

• either positively or negatively towards an idea.

An editor can express bias by choosing some or none of a story what is this?

• Bias through selection and omission

• Bias through placement

• Bias through source control

• Bias through crowd counts

The media plays an important role in setting the public agenda in all of the following ways EXCEPT

• focusing public attention on selected issues

• holding government officials accountable to the public

• makes contributions to political candidates

• offering a forum in which opposing viewpoints are communicated

All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT

• Boones Mill Town Council meeting

• Fox News Website

• The Washington Post

• CNN News

A newspaper article written by a newspaper staff member which gives an opinion on an issue.

• op-ed

• forum

• political cartoon

• editorial

What is misinformation?

• a common misconception

• sarcasm used to hide the truth

• an opinon on a certain topic

• false or inaccurate information, especially that which is deliberately intended to deceive