This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
Items in this lesson
News articles
Unit 1.8
Pages 43-47
Exercises 8.1+8.2
Slide 1 - Slide
Central question
How do different newspapers target different audiences throught their use of language?
Slide 2 - Slide
Introduction
Read the introduction on page 43.
Consider the front pages on page 44.
On the next slide, place the pages on the spectrum from pro-brexit to anti-brexit.
Slide 3 - Slide
Extremely pro-brexit
pro-brexit
Anti-brexit
Extremely anti-brexit
The Independent
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
New York Post
Slide 4 - Drag question
Slide 5 - Video
01:22
What makes people choose one news source over the other?
A
Whether your friends read it
B
Whether your enemies read it
C
Whether it is free or not
D
Whether or not it corresponds with your views
Slide 6 - Quiz
02:21
Are there unbiased media outlets?
A
Yes
B
No
Slide 7 - Quiz
02:28-02:38
Definition of partisan
1: a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
especially : one exhibiting blind, prejudiced, and unreasoning allegiance
Slide 8 - Slide
03:38
What is the problem with partisan media?
A
They explain the story clearly
B
People will stop reading them
C
It can create polarization
Slide 9 - Quiz
04:40
How can looking at media you do not agree with help your understanding?
A
You can find inconsistencies and prove them wrong
B
You can make sure your source fits you best
C
With an open mind you can get a clearer picture of the full story
D
There is no use. All media is fake news anyway.
Slide 10 - Quiz
Media Bias
Media bias is the bias or perceived bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of many events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article.
Slide 11 - Slide
Exercise 8.2
You now know that newspapers (and other media outlets) are inherently biased due to the political perspective they choose to share. People choose a certain paper because it corresponds with their ideas.
Slide 12 - Slide
8.1b: Pick one cover. Write down the title and argue what kind of reader would read this.
Slide 13 - Open question
8.2 What happens in an an article?
In a notebook or a OneNote file, copy the table from page 45.
Fill in the table with the information from the article.
When you are finished you can turn to the next slide for an annotation of the text to check your answer.
Slide 14 - Slide
Slide 15 - Slide
Slide 16 - Slide
How do different newspapers target different audiences throught their use of language?