CIV.26

Note the News

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20 Minutes

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Description

Step into the role of a reviewer on Blab, a social media platform where news, opinions, and images spread rapidly. Review posts, verify sources, compare coverage, run reverse image searches, and flag misleading content. Earn reputation points, level up your reviewer rank, and develop the media literacy skills needed to evaluate credibility, bias, persuasion, and political information.

Vocabulary Words

media

bias

propaganda

misinformation

news source

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Media Literacy & Source Evaluation. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Evaluating political information requires distinguishing between news reporting, opinion, advertising, satire, and advocacy.

Images, headlines, statistics, and quotes can be presented in misleading ways even when they include some true information.

Digital media can spread information rapidly, which increases access to information but also increases the speed at which false claims can spread.

Political information should be checked across multiple credible sources before it is accepted or shared.

Misinformation is false or misleading information, and disinformation is false information spread deliberately to deceive.

Propaganda uses persuasive techniques, emotional appeals, or misleading messages to influence beliefs and behavior.

Bias can appear in language, selection of facts, framing, emphasis, omission, and source choice.

The purpose of political information may be to inform, persuade, entertain, mobilize, or manipulate an audience.

Perspective refers to the point of view or background that shapes how information is presented and interpreted.

Evaluating a source includes considering its author, publisher, evidence, expertise, and purpose.

Credibility refers to whether a source is trustworthy, accurate, and supported by reliable evidence.

Citizens need media literacy skills to evaluate political information across digital and traditional media sources.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

How can you tell whether a source uses reliable evidence? Why might two media sources report the same political issue differently? How can the media influence what people think about an issue? What issues do you think receive the most attention from the media? Why? Why is it important to check whether information is accurate before sharing it?

After the Game

What is one thing you learned from the game that you did not know before? How can citizens use media responsibly in a democracy? Why is it important to check the accuracy and reliability of information? How can bias or misinformation affect public opinion?

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