The Power of the Media

Take Out Your 8.1 and 8.2 Worksheets Using your worksheet, complete the quiz to the best of your ability. Hand in only the quiz. This is your homework check as well *If you had taken notes on 8.1 and 8.2 you can take those out as well, but the quiz is based off of the worksheet Once you have finished, take the worksheets from the front of the room along with an ipad

What Is the Press? Traditional forms: Non-traditional forms: Newspapers Magazines Pamphlets Posters Radio Television Internet Social Media

Political Uses of Media Because of interest in ratings, media outlets need to develop stories that engage audience fairly quickly Means focusing more on the “horse race” angle of the election -- Who’s ahead? By how much? Who’s going to win? -- rather than the issues that are driving the election More and more, youth especially, are getting their information from internet sources

Media Activity Using the ipads, first define the types of media bias. The link can be found on my teacher page  You do not need to complete the first and last term definitions  Some of the definitions do not go straight in order, so look around! Next you will choose one liberal media sight and one conservative media sight You will find the same story from each source and compare them using the questions on your sheet as a guide Make sure the stories are on the same event/topic! This will be collected, so do your best to fully answer the questions

Quotes about the News “If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.” -Mark Twain "Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets." –Napoleon “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” –Voltaire

Are the Media Biased? What do these figures imply about the practice of selective exposure?

Reflect How does this activity today affect how we look at the news and media? Does it affect your views at all?

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Content is explicitly political and intends to change political beliefs or behavior

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Political ads, PSAs, Documentaries

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Content is explicitly political and intends to change political beliefs or behavior Political content is implied and intent is to change political beliefs or behavior

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Political ads, PSAs, Documentaries Political values in entertainment programming

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Content is explicitly political and intends to change political beliefs or behavior Political content is implied and intent is change political beliefs or behavior Content is explicitly political, but with no intent to influence political behavior or beliefs

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Political ads, PSAs, Documentaries News Political values in entertainment programming

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Content is explicitly political and intends to change political beliefs or behavior Political content is implied and intent is change political beliefs or behavior Content is explicitly political, but with no direct intent to influence political behavior or beliefs Whatever political content and consequences that may exist are unintentional

Political Uses of Media IntentionalUnintentional Explicit Implicit Political ads, PSAs, Documentaries News Political values in entertainment programming Vast majority of entertainment programming