Interactive Skills for Students How to Analyze the News click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Why Learn This Skill?  News is noteworthy information. Usually it relates to current events or issues.  You can gather valuable information about events that happen in your community, in the United States, and around the world by watching or reading news reports.  Analyzing news and news stories is an important part of being an active citizen.  Developing this skill will also help you form educated opinions and make well-reasoned decisions. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! What are news sources? How To Analyze The News News sources are Published in print Broadcasted on television and radio Published to the Internet click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! News is published in print publications that include: How To Analyze The News Newspapers Examples: Dailies Washington Post Miami Herald Chicago Tribune Examples: Weeklies Miami New Times Columbus Alive! Magazines Examples: Weekly TIME Newsweek New Yorker Examples: Monthly The Atlantic The Economist Vogue click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! News is also presented on television News is also presented on television. How To Analyze The News Network News ABC, CBS and NBC produce evening news and weekly news shows. Cable News CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, MSNBC, and Fox News produce news stories throughout the day, every day. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! Some radio stations broadcast the news. How To Analyze The News Radio stations also broadcast news stories. On most radio stations, traffic reports, weather, and local news stories are broadcast throughout the day. Some radio stations only broadcast national and world news. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! On the Internet, news is available through Web sites. How To Analyze The News Web-based news Some newspapers and magazines have both print and web versions: The New York Times at NYTimes.com or TIME magazine at TIME.com. Some news organizations only publish on the Web: Politico, Salon, Slate, The Associated Press, and Reuters click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! How To Analyze The News Critical Thinking Skills Needed to Analyze the News You will use several different skills to analyze the news you read or watch. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! How To Analyze The News Critical Thinking Skills Needed to Analyze the News Distinguish Fact from Opinion Recognize Bias Analyze Visuals Evaluate Sources click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! How To Analyze The News Critical Thinking Skills Needed to Analyze the News Distinguish Fact from Opinion Recognize Bias Analyze Visuals Evaluate Sources click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! How To Analyze The News Critical Thinking Skills Needed to Analyze the News Distinguish Fact from Opinion Recognize Bias Analyze Visuals Evaluate Sources click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Learn It! How To Analyze The News Critical Thinking Skills Needed to Analyze the News Distinguish Fact from Opinion Recognize Bias Analyze Visuals Evaluate Sources click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Think Critically To apply critical thinking skills when you analyze the news, you should:  distinguish facts from opinions.  ask yourself questions about who created the story and why.  notice how the news story was produced and the decisions made to bring the story to the public.  notice how the news story was produced and the decisions made to bring the story to the public.  recognize and think about any bias in the story.  evaluate the quality and reliability of the news source. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Analyze Visuals Does the story include images, video, or graphics? What decisions were made in creating the story? What visuals were chosen? Are there graphs, charts, or other representations of data? Do these images add information to the story, or do they illustrate information that is already presented? What feelings or reactions are created by the images? Is source material given for data? Does the data contribute to the message of the story? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

ReliableSources Can facts and information be verified? Is the author or publisher clearly stated? Can the author or publisher be contacted to verify information? Do other news sources present similar information? How To Analyze The News Evaluate Sources What are reliable sources? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

ReliableSources Can facts and information be verified? Is the author or publisher clearly stated? Can the author or publisher be contacted to verify information? Do other news sources present similar information? How To Analyze The News Evaluate Sources What are reliable sources? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

ReliableSources Can facts and information be verified? Is the author or publisher clearly stated? Can the author or publisher be contacted to verify information? Do other news sources present similar information? How To Analyze The News Evaluate Sources What are reliable sources? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

ReliableSources Can facts and information be verified? Is the author or publisher clearly stated? Can the author or publisher be contacted to verify information? Do other news sources present similar information? How To Analyze The News Evaluate Sources What are reliable sources? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

ReliableSources Can facts and information be verified? Is the author or publisher clearly stated? Can the author or publisher be contacted to verify information? Do other news sources present similar information? How To Analyze The News Evaluate Sources What are reliable sources? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Distinguish Fact from Opinion How To Analyze The News It is important to be able to recognize facts and opinions in a news story. Then, you can determine if the information is likely to be accurate or likely to be an appeal to emotions. Fact Opinion Definition: something that is true and can be supported with evidence or data Definition: a point of view or interpretation of facts click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias Bias Definition: Having a pre-existing opinion, attitude, or belief about something. Recognizing bias helps you analyze and understand the information presented to you.  News stories contain some bias.  The message in any news story reflects the attitudes, beliefs, and ideas of the author. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News In order to recognize bias, ask: click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News In order to recognize bias, ask: Who produced the news story? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News In order to recognize bias, ask: Who produced the news story? Who paid the costs to present the news? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News In order to recognize bias, ask: Who produced the news story? Who paid the costs to present the news? What is the goal or purpose of the story? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News In order to recognize bias, ask: Who produced the news story? Who paid the costs to present the news? What is the goal or purpose of the story? What choices were made when presenting the story? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias Who produced the story? Is this a well-known and reliable news source? Examples: article in a major newspaper story on national network news broadcast Some news sources try to present information about events with little bias. Is this an opinion-based story? Some news sources support a belief or cause. Examples: article posted on a political party Web site editorial about a news event click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias Who paid the costs to produce the story? Who owns the publication, station, or the Web site? government department special interest group corporation political organization These groups may try to convince people to support a particular point of view. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias What is the purpose of the story? To inform Used for many news stories To entertain May include facts, but also may include opinions or beliefs To persuade Intended to persuade, or convince a person to think a certain way has least bias since it is meant to present facts if selling a product, idea, or course of action, might be more biased may include facts and data but will also contain more opinions and, therefore, more bias Level of Bias click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias What decisions were made in creating the story? What content was included? What content was excluded? What did the author focus on? In what order are the facts or events presented? Does that influence how you interpret them? What do you want to know that is missing from the story? Why might the author have chosen to exclude information? Was it due to lack of space, or was it to present a particular point of view? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

How To Analyze The News Recognize Bias Who is the audience? General audience American public People around the world Specific group people of a specific city or region people of a certain age or gender members of a political party An audience is a group of people who hear or read a news story. News is created for specific audiences. click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Apply It! How To Analyze The News After reading a news story, what have you learned? Ask yourself: Has what you learned affected your opinion? Are you surprised at the amount of news sources there are? click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation

Remember:  Analyzing news media helps you be an active citizen.  Think critically by determining what information is factual and what information is biased.  Consider the source of the news and how the story is presented to help you draw conclusions about what you have read or heard. How To Analyze The News click your mouse or hit enter to advance animation