JOUR: Media, News and Consumers Test 2

1996 Telecommunications Act

signed into law by Bill Clinton, ensured that it was not just a few businesses and individuals controlling mass media

media consolidation

a smaller number of businesses and individuals controlling mass media, ex) Disney owning ABC and ESPN

media giants

owns our fun, news and entertainment, controls what we see and how we see it, ex) Comcast, Sony, Warner Bros,

technology giants

Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google

disinformation 

content that is intentionally false and designed to cause harm 

misinformation

also describes false content but the person sharing does not realize its false and misleading 

THINK SHEEP BEFORE YOU SHARE

Source, History, Evidence, Emotion, Pictures

false and untrue content

publishing a demonstrably false claim without correcting it

clickbait tactics

“baiting” you with sensationalized language, including misleading or exaggerated headlines, or headlines that are purposely vague to draw clicks

lack of balance

consistently focusing on one angle or side of a legitimate debate or controversy, while ignoring or distorting other perspectives 

manipulated images or videos 

you can do a reverse image search to see if visuals have been misrepresented 

state run/state sponsored propaganda

using government controlled news organizations to further national agendas and improve public image 

dangerous, offensive, and malicious content

could include discriminatory language, unverified pseudoscience, content that promotes violence, or coverage that panders to “lurid curiosity”

diversity in media is important because…

the media serves a BROAD population

to factually represent the population…

avoid sterotypes, misunderstandings, and conflicts, portray human life accurately