Year 8

What responsibilities does the media have?

Year 8

What responsibilities does the media have?

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn about the rules that the media is required to follow, and what can happen if they do not. We will also consider what 'good journalism' looks like and why it is important.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which definition of the word 'media' was given during the lesson?
A group of people who talk
Correct answer: A method or way of expressing something
Newspapers and books
Television and radio
Q2.
A post on social media would be an example of which of these types of media?
Broadcast media
Correct answer: New media
Print media
Q3.
Which of these answers is not an example of an information neighbourhood?
Advertising
Correct answer: Broadsheet
Propaganda
Publicity
Q4.
Within which information neighbourhood would you usually find a social media post?
Entertainment
News / journalism
Propaganda
Correct answer: Raw information
Q5.
Which of these news values would an article about a new law be least likely to link to?
Impact
Correct answer: Negativity
Proximity
Timeliness

5 Questions

Q1.
Why did the 'News of the World' close down?
A paper shortage meant that they could no longer print physical copies of the newspaper
It was forced to close by the government after posting stories about the Prime Minister
Correct answer: Journalists were found to have illegally gained access to other people's voicemails
They weren't selling enough copies of the newspaper
Q2.
Which expectation of media behaviour was found to be most important to Americans in the research mentioned during the lesson?
To be neutral
To entertain
To provide diverse views
Correct answer: To verify and be accurate
Q3.
Why did Reuters stop using Adnan Hajj's photographs?
Correct answer: He admitted editing the image to make it look different from what actually happened
He demanded he get more money for his photographs
He stole other photographers' work and claimed that they were his photographs
He was found to be paying people to be in his photographs
Q4.
What did the report from the Leveson Inquiry recommend?
That nothing should be done about what happened
That the 'News of the World' stop publishing immediately
Correct answer: That the media organisations create an organisation to monitor journalists' behaviour
That those involved in phone hacking go to jail
Q5.
What does it mean if something is 'in the public interest'?
That people want to find out what happened
That something happened in a public place
That something is interesting for people to find out about
Correct answer: That the public has a right to know about what happened because it affects them