MIL M2 - Activities
Media and Information Literacy - Activities
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1."Brief info about Mainstream Media (newspapers, TV, Broadcast Journalism) in non-digital & in digital format: history and functions"
Learning Objective 1 of Module 2 will help you be informed briefly about about Mainstream Media (newspapers, TV, Broadcast Journalism) in non-digital & in digital format: history and functions, to use as a background when being MIL active/preparing a lesson plan about MIL
2."Increase understanding in Media News Production Process"
Learning Objective 2 of Module 2 will help you increase understanding in Media News Production Process, to use as a background when being MIL active/preparing a lesson plan about MIL
3."Be aware of biased news stories"
Learning Objective 3 of Module 2 will help you be aware of various types of bias in news stories to think creatively in fostering your target audience’s skills to recognize and avoid bias
"Brief info about Mainstream Media (newspapers, TV, Broadcast Journalism) in non-digital & in digital format: history and functions"
Watch this Video (duration 4m 29 sec) “Britannica,The Editors of Encyclopaedia."journalism -A” by EDUCABILITY is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Watch this Video (duration 3m 41sec) “Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "journalism -B” by EDUCABILITY is licensed under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Learning Objective 1 of Module 2 contains six (6) activities that will help you be informed briefly about about Mainstream Media (newspapers,TV, Broadcast Journalism) in non-digital & in digital format: history and functions, to use as a background when being MIL active/preparing a lesson plan about MIL
Activity 1 MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Watch this video about Newspaper and take the 12 questions Quiz that follows
- Video (duration 59m) “Newspaper | Wikipedia audio article” by wikipedia tts is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 2 MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Activity 3 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Watch this video about Television and take the 9 questions Quiz that follows
- Video (duration 3m) “A history of TV” by Kate T is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Activity 2 MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Activity 3 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Watch this video about Television and take the 9 questions Quiz that follows- Video (duration 3m) “A history of TV” by Kate T is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 4 MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Activity 5 MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Go to this link about Broadcast Journalism and take the 9 questions Quiz that follows
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their question.
Activity 6 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 1
Go to this link about Mainstream Media and then take the 2 questions Quiz that follows
Additionally, prompt your target audience to read this source: Tsfati, Y., Boomgaarden, H. G., Strömbäck, J., Vliegenthart, R., Damstra, A., & Lindgren, E. (2020). Causes and consequences of mainstream media dissemination of fake news: literature review and synthesis.
Annals of the International Communication Association, 44(2), 157-173.
Then, ask them to discuss:
- "What role mainstream news media play in the dissemination of fake news", according to the above source?
- "Do mainstream news media cover fake news" , according to the above source?
"Increase understanding in Media News Production Process"
Learning Objective 2 of Module 2 contains two (2) activities that will help you increase
understanding in Media News Production Process, to use as a background when being MIL active/preparing a lesson plan about MIL
Activity 7 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 2
Watch this video about Media News Production Process and take the 14 questions Quiz that follows
- Video (duration 27m 54s) “Media in Action - The Media News Production Process” by Knowledge Innovation Centre is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 8 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 2
"Be aware of biased news stories"
Learning Objective 3 of Module 2 contains six (6) activities that will
help you be aware of various types of bias in news stories to think creatively in fostering your target audience’s skills to recognize and avoid bias
Activity 9 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Omission and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 5m 06s) “Module 3 Bias by Omission” by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 10 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Placement and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 5m 04s)
“Module 3 Bias by Placement”
by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Play Video - Bias by Placement
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 11 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Spin and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 4m 21s)
“Module 3 Bias by Spin”
by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 12 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Activity 13 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch a video about "Echo Chamber" and try to identify the key points discussed in it. Think, how would you collaborate with colleagues and librarians to raise awareness to your pupils, students, and the community you serve about the "Echo Chamber" effect?
- Video (duration 4m 25s) “How
Do You Escape an Echo Chamber?” by Charles Eisenstein is licensed
under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Read this text and prompt your target audience to discuss how much they agree or not: "The growth of cable TV, talk radio, and the Internet have made it easier for people to find news sources that support their existing views, a phenomenon known as selective exposure (Prior, 2003). When people have more media options to choose from, they are more biased toward like-minded media sources. The emergence of the Internet in particular has led to a fractionation of the information landscape into “echo chambers”—that is, (political) blogs that primarily link to other blogs of similar persuasion and not to those with opposing viewpoints. More than half of blog readers seek out blogs that support their views, whereas only 22% seek out blogs espousing opposing views, a phenomenon that has led to the creation of “cyber-ghettos”. These cyber-ghettos have been identified as one reason for the increasing polarization of political discourse." by Lewandowsky, S., Ecker, U. K., Seifert, C. M., Schwarz, N., & Cook, J. (2012). Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing. Psychological science in the public interest,
13(3), 106-131.
Activity 14 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 10 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Placement and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 5m 04s) “Module 3 Bias by Placement” by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Play Video - Bias by Placement
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 11 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Spin and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 4m 21s)
“Module 3 Bias by Spin”
by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 12 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Activity 13 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch a video about "Echo Chamber" and try to identify the key points discussed in it. Think, how would you collaborate with colleagues and librarians to raise awareness to your pupils, students, and the community you serve about the "Echo Chamber" effect?
- Video (duration 4m 25s) “How
Do You Escape an Echo Chamber?” by Charles Eisenstein is licensed
under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Read this text and prompt your target audience to discuss how much they agree or not: "The growth of cable TV, talk radio, and the Internet have made it easier for people to find news sources that support their existing views, a phenomenon known as selective exposure (Prior, 2003). When people have more media options to choose from, they are more biased toward like-minded media sources. The emergence of the Internet in particular has led to a fractionation of the information landscape into “echo chambers”—that is, (political) blogs that primarily link to other blogs of similar persuasion and not to those with opposing viewpoints. More than half of blog readers seek out blogs that support their views, whereas only 22% seek out blogs espousing opposing views, a phenomenon that has led to the creation of “cyber-ghettos”. These cyber-ghettos have been identified as one reason for the increasing polarization of political discourse." by Lewandowsky, S., Ecker, U. K., Seifert, C. M., Schwarz, N., & Cook, J. (2012). Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing. Psychological science in the public interest,
13(3), 106-131.
Activity 14 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 11 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch this video about Bias by Spin and do the exercises that follow
- Video (duration 4m 21s) “Module 3 Bias by Spin” by Penn ELP is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Prompt your pupils, students or the community you serve to ask and discuss their own questions on the topic. Guide them to search, choose, evaluate and share relevant and reliable sources that answer their questions.
Activity 12 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Activity 13 - MIL M2 - Learning Objective 3
Watch a video about "Echo Chamber" and try to identify the key points discussed in it. Think, how would you collaborate with colleagues and librarians to raise awareness to your pupils, students, and the community you serve about the "Echo Chamber" effect?- Video (duration 4m 25s) “How
Do You Escape an Echo Chamber?” by Charles Eisenstein is licensed
under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Read this text and prompt your target audience to discuss how much they agree or not: "The growth of cable TV, talk radio, and the Internet have made it easier for people to find news sources that support their existing views, a phenomenon known as selective exposure (Prior, 2003). When people have more media options to choose from, they are more biased toward like-minded media sources. The emergence of the Internet in particular has led to a fractionation of the information landscape into “echo chambers”—that is, (political) blogs that primarily link to other blogs of similar persuasion and not to those with opposing viewpoints. More than half of blog readers seek out blogs that support their views, whereas only 22% seek out blogs espousing opposing views, a phenomenon that has led to the creation of “cyber-ghettos”. These cyber-ghettos have been identified as one reason for the increasing polarization of political discourse." by Lewandowsky, S., Ecker, U. K., Seifert, C. M., Schwarz, N., & Cook, J. (2012). Misinformation and its correction: Continued influence and successful debiasing. Psychological science in the public interest, 13(3), 106-131.