BASIC VOCABULARY TERMS IN NEWS LITERACY
INTRODUCTORY TERMS
News literacy- the ability to use critical thinking skills to judge the reliability and credibility of news reports, whether they come via print, television, radio, or Internet
Six Information Neighborhoods
Propaganda-information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. (GOAL: TO PERSUADE}
Advertising-the act or practice of calling public attention t one’s product, service, need by paid announcements in newspapers and magazines, over radio or television, and on billboards. Information designed to sell a product. (GOAL: TO SELL)
Publicity-the measures, process, or business of securing public notice. Information designed to enhance an image. (GOAL: TO ENHANCE AN IMAGE)
Entertainment-something affording pleasure, diversion, or measurement, especially a performance of some kind. (GOAL: TO DIVERT)
Raw information-unexamined or unverified information (example a picture or video without documentation, explanation, or context. (BY-PASSSES FILTERS)
News- a report of a recent event, intelligence, information; INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO SOME PORTION OF THE PUBLIC THAT IS SHARED AND SUBJECT TO A JOURNALISITC PROCESS OF VERFICATION (GOAL-TO INFORM)
THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF JOURNALISM
Verification-evidence that establishes or confirms the accuracy or truth of something
Independence-freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like of others
Accountability-subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something; responsible; answerable
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Mr. Riegger,
ReplyDeleteGreetings from the Center for News Literacy at Stony Brook University. 'Great to see the course material in use. We have built a You Tube channel that includes excerpts of on-campus talks given by noted journalists. I'm starting to curate them for integration into News Literacy courses. If interested, send me a note and I'll get the link to you.
-Dean Miller, Director
CNL at SBU