Media

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Media Society
2
Media Literacy

• Take the Media Literacy Quiz (5 minutes)
• Then go over the correct answers (10 minutes)

3
The Media

• Derived from Latin ___________ meaning
  ____________.
• Reflects a connection between _____________
  _________

4
The Controversy

• In many cases the media not only tells us
  _____________________ but______________________.
• Those who ___________________ have the potential
  to____________.

5
The 21st Century Media

• Technological advances have increased
• The ____________________
• The________________________
• The___________________________

6
Types of Media in the 21st Century

• _______________
• _____________
• ___________
• ______________
• _____________
• _____________

7
The 21st Century Media

• The average American spends _______________
  watching TV and the proliferation of TV channels
  has made _____________ of growing importance. The
  media has changed the way we __________________
  and has changed the way ____________________.
  DVDs and VCRs allow people to watch feature
  length films ___________ rather than
  going__________________. Downloading movies from
  the _________________ changes this even further.
  The music industry is still reeling from the
  impact of the____________. Communications is now
  a _________________ dollar industry.

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The Contradiction

• Americans generally support a ____________________
  __ therefore a ___________________ but at the
  same time _____________________ would suggest
  that there may be some possible negative side
  effects of _________________ (i.e. violence) Are
  the possible negative sides effects of the media
  a price worth paying for its positive effects as
  a source of information, entertainment, and so
  on? We will attempt to explore this in this unit.

9
The News Media

• The First Amendment Freedom of Speech and
  Freedom of Press Congress shall make no
  lawabridging the freedom of speech, or of the
  press

10
The News Media

• News media has been referred to as the
  ____________________ because people who
  __________________ news are expected to
  keep________________.

11
The News Media

• ______________ is the first _______________ of
  history Philip Graham, the Washington Post

12
What is News?

• News is ___________
• News is ____________
• News is _____________
• ______________ consider something to be news if
  it meets one or more of these standards

13
Journalist Standards

• Is it ____________?
• Is it _____________?
• Is it ____________?
• Did it happen _________?
• Did it involve a______________?
• Does it have______________?
• Is there ____________?
• Is there ____________?
• Is there___________?

14
Why should we study the news?

• We want________________
• We have________________
• We have________________

15
The tenets of good journalism

• To _______________
• To _____________
• To tell______________

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The Ten Commandments of News Hold the Press

• Never lie in print or on the air (meaning not
  using new technology or altering photos)
• Never lie to or threaten a source
• Never report rumors or other unverified
  information
• Never suppress or omit opinion with which one
  disagrees
• Never show favoritism or personal bias in ones
  reporting or writing
• Never plagiarize words or ideas
• Never tap or tape telephone conversations without
  permission
• Never use ones position for personal gain
• Never use anything that may be construed as a
  conflict of interest