Evaluating Media

To receive accurate and truthful information from the media we use, we need to:

• carefully evaluate the media and its content.

• ask our friends what they think about it.

• watch a video on TikTok about it.

When evaluating media and its content you should:

• All of these are things you should do.

• Look for unbiased sources.

• Find objective information.

• Don’t confuse facts with opinions.

• Ignore generalizations of people or events.

This occurs when people allow their personal opinions to affect the information they report and how they report it.

• Media Bias

• News Bias

• Communication Bias

This refers to fairness and accuracy in the reporting of information.

• Objectivity

• Bias

• Favoritism

Objectivity means stating _________ rather than giving opinions.

• facts

• feelings

• assumptions

These can be proven with research and observation:

• Facts

• Opinions

• Attitudes

This is an expression of what someone thinks or believes.

• Facts

• Opinions

• Attitudes

This makes a conclusion about a large group of people using only a small sample.

• Hasty Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

• Industrial Generalization

This occurs when we take a rule and apply it to everyone without any exceptions.

• Hasty Generalization

• Sweeping Generalization

• Industrial Generalization

This is imposing on one person a generalization made about the entire group.

• Stereotyping

• Industrial Generalization

• Typecasting