Week 11 H4D News Project Part 3 / Follow Up

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Goals

1 At the end of this class, you will know how to find a good news report. 

2 At the end of this class, you will understand the terms 

fake news & conspiracy theory

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

Today's plan 

News Project

- good news

- fake news vs. news gone wrong

- news item

Tomorrow: Follow Up practice 

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

News Literacy is:

In this course news literacy is designed to help students develop critical thinking skills in order to judge the reliability and credibility of information, whether it comes via print, television or the Internet. 

This is a particularly important skill in the Digital Age, as everyone struggles to deal with information overload and the difficulty in determining the authenticity of reports.

What does VIA stand for?

1. Verification - Innovation - Accountability
2. Verification - Innovation - Adjustability
3. Verification - Independence - Accountability

VIA

Verification:

the act of verifying something 

(= proving or checking that it exists, or is true or correct):

Independence:

not subject to control by others

  Independent media is media that is not controlled by a government or other business . 

Example: Buzzfeed is part of NBCUniversal (mass media corporation)

Accountability:

the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it. 

What is the difference between news gone wrong and fake news?

Guan Xiangdong, a tourism reporter for the China News Service, was tasked with filling in for her finance reporters that were on vacation in May 2005. Attempting to provide various perspectives on how an appreciation of China’s currency, the Renminbi, would affect the local economy, she pulled bits of from various media outlets to form her own collage of facts and opinions.

With lightning-quick reactivity, investors began dumping US dollars and buying everything from Renminbi to rupees in an avalanche of misinformed fervor. Within minutes, $2 billion had exchanged hands.

 

A good news report/article:

• Fairness and balance
• Accuracy
  
• Attribution
  
• Brevity
  
• Clarity.

Background material: https://www.easymedia.in/5-characteristics-good-news-report/ 

5 characteristics

Attribution = sourcing

- individual

- organisation

-  anonymous sources

- exceptions: commonly witnessed by many

To fake or not to fake, that’s the question

What is fake news?

How do we recognise fake news?

What is a conspiracy theory?

How do we recognise a conspiracy theory?

How do you recognise fake news?

How do you recognise fake news? (1)

1. Read Past The Headline

One way that fake news gets amplified is that busy readers may not look past the headline or opening paragraph before they decide to share an article. Fake news publishers sometimes exploit this tendency, writing the beginning of a story in a straightforward way before filling in the rest with obviously false information. 

In other cases, clicking through to the article will reveal that the story really has nothing to do with the headline at all or provides nothing to back it up.

How do you recognise fake news? (2)

2. Check What News Outlet Published It

Unfamiliar websites plastered with ads and all-caps headlines should draw immediate skepticism. Googling a site’s name and checking out other articles it posts should also help determine whether it’s trustworthy. 

Many fake news sites will outright say that they are satire or don’t contain factual information, but others are made to mimic major news outlets. Check the URL names of pages that look suspect, making sure that it’s not a hoax site that is pretending to be a trusted source. 

How do you recognise fake news? (3)

3. Check The Publish Date And Time

Another common element in fake news is that old articles or events can resurface and lead people to believe they just happened. Checking the publish time stamp is something readers can quickly do to prevent being misled.

Sometimes, however, finding out when an event happened can take a bit more work ― such as when the date of an article is current, but the events described within it are old. Click through links and read carefully to determine when the event described actually happened. 

How do you recognise fake news? (4)

4. Who Is The Author?

Looking at who wrote the article can reveal a lot of information about the news source. Searching through the author’s previous articles can show whether they are a legitimate journalist or have a history of hoaxes.

How do you recognise fake news? (5)

5. Search If Other News Outlets Are Reporting It

If a story looks suspicious or claims to reveal major news, search to see if other news outlets are also reporting the story. A single article from a suspicious source making a grand claim should be viewed with heavy skepticism. If no reliable news outlets are also reporting the story, then it’s very likely fake.

How do you recognise fake news? (6)

6. Think Before You Share

Fake news sites rely on readers to share and engage with their articles in order for them to spread. In extreme cases, these fake articles can balloon out of control and have unintended consequences for those involved in the stories.

After fake news stories claimed that Hillary Clinton was sexually abusing children at a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant, the business owner and his employees received death threats and vicious online harassment. The staff is still under attack even though these false claims have been debunked.  

Fake news?

1. Read past the headline

2. Check what news outlet published it

3. Check the publishing date and time

4. Who's the author?

5. Check if other news outlets are reporting it

6. Think before you share

A good news report/article:

• Fairness and balance
• Accuracy
  
• Attribution
  
• Brevity
  
• Clarity.

Background material: https://www.easymedia.in/5-characteristics-good-news-report/ 

5 characteristics

Attribution = sourcing

- individual

- organisation

-  anonymous sources

- exceptions: commonly witnessed by many

Conspiracy theory?

A theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators.

For example: the conspiracy theories surrounding Kennedy's assassination, or about Hillary Clinton and the pizzeria.

Write down 1 thing you have learned today and 1 thing you still do not understand

Goals

1 At the end of this class, you will have practiced with Follow Up 45-46-47-48

*Leerdoelen zijn RTTI geformuleerd (in leerlingentaal).

Vocab game

She fought for the................... of the death penalty for abortion

1. abolish
2. abolition
3. exploitation
4. exploit

This last year there has been an..............................of Ukrainian refugees due to the war.

1. deflux
2. influx
3. exflux
4. air raid

The....................of the soldier was established by the German army.

1. cease-fire
2. shell
3. rank
4. captivity

He had been rewarded with a medal for his.................during the battle of the Somme before the soldier died.

1. secrecy
2. brave
3. bravery
4. combat

Which from the vocabulary lists would you connect to this picture?

Which word from the vocabulary lists would you connect to this picture?

Which word from the vocabulary lists would you connect to this picture?

Which word from the vocabulary lists would you connect to this picture?

Make a sentence using 8 more words:
heroic - conquest

can you make a sentence using
to conquer - bullet

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