Media Literacy Terms

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair.

• Comparison

• Bias

• Favoritism

• Ethnocentrism

Discrimination is prejudice in ___________

• force

• action

• harmful

• judgement

What does this mean, Judge other people negatively or see them as inferior?

• Prejudice

• Judice

• Post judice

• None of these

Why is using reliable sources important?

• To clarify your understanding of the topic.

• To find other people who think like you do.

• So you can be sure you are providing the whole truth.

• To prove that you're right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong.

Identify which one measures the reliability of a source:

• If the author is a well known blogger.

• If the author is an expert on the topic.

• If the article is published on Wikipedia.

• If the author is unknown, but the publication is shared on social media a lot.

What lowers an author's reliability?

• If they are trying to persuade or convince the audience.

• If they are writing to inform the audience.

• If they are writing to educate the audience.

• If they present both sides of the issue.

What is bias?

• When a writer uses only his or her own experiences to support their claims.

• When a writer doesn't have an opinion on the topic, but they've chosen sides.

• When a writer has such strong feelings about a topic that they ignore conflicting evidence.

What is the purpose of the review method?

• To see if you like something

• Check the accuracy of an article

• To check media followers

• To give a rating out of five

which term describes the characteristic of being true, correct, or exact; being free from error

• reliability

• accuracy

• bias

• Veracity

Which term describes the nearness (closest) to the truth?

• Accuracy

• Veracity

• Validity

• Reliability