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 To understand that we need to be consumers of information  To become more objective when reading news  To understand that news is an interpretation of events

 Timeliness – How current is it?  Proximity – How close to home is it?  Prominence – How famous are the people?  Consequence – How does it affect us?  Human Interest – Funny or heartwarming?

 Voice  Seeing is Believing  Believable Details (spaghetti weevil)  Background Music – anything to lull us into a mood to believe what we are seeing  Local Flavour (peasant costumes/farm tools/traditionally served/happy people)

 How would you know if what you were seeing and hearing on television was accurate if you had no other sources of information?  “Anyone who relies exclusively on television for his or her knowledge of the world is making a serious mistake”

 Every item of news is carefully constructed  It is a mix of images, sounds and graphics assembled in a way to capture the viewer’s attention.  It is a quest for a network to get the best ratings

 Did you know few reporters ever actually witness the events the report on?  They rely on what others tell them (the eyewitnesses)  Can their story still be objective?

 That how film is recorded is also significant?  When it’s shot from a birds eye view (up high)it is meant to make the subject insignificant  When its shot from a low angle I – it makes the subject look more powerful and menacing

 Imagine that the terrorist attacks happened somewhere other than the US (for example, Sweden?)  How much attention do you think they would have received in Canada and the US?

 What does it mean to be biased?  What does it mean to be reliable?