The cards Question What is the media? Tap to flip Answer Forms of communication, like radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people. Question What is news? Tap to flip Answer Information about current events. Question What are the three main types of media? Tap to flip Answer Print media, broadcast media and new media. Question Give one example of new media. Tap to flip Answer Social media. Question What do the letters of the VIA model for reliable news stand for? Tap to flip Answer Verification, Independence, Accountability. Question What guides journalists in selecting stories that are interesting? Tap to flip Answer News values. Question Give one example of a news value. Tap to flip Answer For example timelessness, oddity or impact. Question Give one category of information neighbourhood. Tap to flip Answer For example news or propaganda. Question Give one code the UK media must follow besides the law. Tap to flip Answer The NUJ Code of Conduct or the Editors' Code of Practice. Question Which bodies can investigate if the media break the rules? Tap to flip Answer IPSO or OFCOM. Question Give one responsibility the media have. Tap to flip Answer For example respecting privacy, giving truthful, accurate information or avoiding discrimination. Question Can the media report whatever they like with no consequences? Tap to flip Answer No. They must keep to a strict code of conduct and ethics, and breaking the rules has consequences. Question What is democracy? Tap to flip Answer A system in which citizens vote in regular, fair elections for representatives who make laws and decisions for them. Question What are the media's three main roles in a democracy? Tap to flip Answer Setting the agenda, informing and educating, and holding people accountable. Question How does the media set the agenda? Tap to flip Answer By choosing which issues to focus on and highlight. Question What does 'accountable' mean? Tap to flip Answer Required to explain, justify and take responsibility for your actions and answer to someone. Question Give one way the media hold leaders accountable. Tap to flip Answer For example interviews, the design of front pages or investigative journalism. Question What does media accountability remind leaders? Tap to flip Answer That they serve the public. Question What does 'trustworthy' mean? Tap to flip Answer Able to be relied upon as honest and truthful. Question What is reliable information? Tap to flip Answer Information that can be trusted, believed and verified with external sources. Question Why are some media outlets trustworthy? Tap to flip Answer They verify facts and do investigative journalism. Question What do the letters of the REVIEW model stand for? Tap to flip Answer Reputation, Evidence, Verify, Intent, Emotions, Weigh it up. Question What is the REVIEW model used for? Tap to flip Answer Spotting misinformation. Question What does 'evaluate' mean? Tap to flip Answer To judge the significance, worth or quality of someone or something. Question Which acronym helps assess arguments for and against different perspectives? Tap to flip Answer EVALUATE. Question Does the media always help the public learn information? Tap to flip Answer No. Sometimes it presents misinformation, disinformation or malinformation. Where this deck sits in the curriculum Curriculum National Curriculum for England Stage Key stage 3 (Years 7–9) Course KS3 Citizenship Unit How does the media affect us? England's National Curriculum sets what is taught; the units and their order are Oak National Academy's. Flash Feed is not affiliated with Oak or any exam board.
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