What is media literacy? In what ways can gaining media literacy help people assess media bias?
What will be an ideal response?
- We live in an age of distrust of not only social media but also of the long established mass media. Just one-third of U.S. adults claim to have a "fair amount" or "a great deal" of trust in the media.
- Media literacy requires access and literacy skills.
- Skills include the ability to comprehend the message, assess the source, ask who benefits from any claims being made, and be aware that communication itself may shape the message that is transmitted.
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A) in the early 1900s during the Women's Suffrage Movement B) in the 1950s, after World War II C) In the late 1960s, during the Women's Movement D) Never
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A) pooled estimate of the population SD B) SD of the distribution of differences between means C) SD of difference scores D) variance of difference scores for the population
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A) thegames stage B) the imitation stage C) the preoperational stage D) the initiative vs.guilt stage
In adolescence, children desire:
A. to assume all the responsibilities of adulthood. B. a more egalitarian relationship with their parents. C. to be left alone by their parents. D. all of these answers are correct.