Media Literacy Vocabulary

influence in an unfair way

• inform

• persuade

• credible

• bias

capable of being believed

• inform

• persuade

• credible

• bias

cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

• inform

• persuade

• credible

• bias

impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event

• inform

• persuade

• credible

• bias

an assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• argument

• advocate

• fact

• opinion

a person who pleads for a person, cause, or idea

• argument

• advocate

• fact

• opinion

a concept whose truth can be proved

• argument

• advocate

• fact

• opinion

a personal belief or judgement

• argument

• advocate

• fact

• opinion

undistorted by emotion or personal bias

• objective

• subjective

• slant

• omission

taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias

• objective

• subjective

• slant

• omission