Big question: How does the media influence the way people think?
Journalism Activity 1- This is for the first lesson of class. Issues can be twisted, you decide how and why.
Topic: Obama administration is putting a tax on Christmas. Tax v.s. no tax
Guiding questions:
What is the difference between a tax and a fee?
Why promote or advertise a product? Who's job is it?
Directions:
1. Open a word document, two columns or three. It depends on which literacy technique below you use.
2. Use one of the literacy techniques below (A-D) to break down the text. I will go over all four, you choose.
A. MVP from each article, Most Valuable Point. Write the statement that triggers you on the left and the MVP on the right.
4. What conclusions have you reached as far as reading and reciting information in the media for your own personal and professional growth?
Conclusions: write down 1-4 conclusions.
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How is the rhetorical evidence different between the two sides of the issue?
What objectives do people have to stretch the truth on a certain issue?
How did you reach your final conclusions on the MVP? (The process is as or more important than the outcome).
Exit: How is this activity going to change the way you view the news?
How is going to change the process you used to come to your own conclusion?
Compare the five articles below for bias in journalism and which one leans right or left. View the title of the article and what the title says with the article.
Conclusion: Did the Obama administration ruin Christmas with a tax?
Obama library to cost taxpayers 175 million
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/02/24/report-obama-library-cost-taxpayers-175-million/ Breitbart News
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/24/obama-librarys-public-cost-estimated-at-175m-report.html Fox News
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