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Year 10 - Citizenship

Should the media ever be censored?

How does the media hold those in power to account?

Unit Summary

Pupils consider what role the media plays in democracy and how the media is used to hold those in power to account. They consider what responsible journalism is and the impact of misinformation.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to describe what censorship is and explain its positives and negatives.

Key Notes

  • Sometimes media is censored due to potentially causing offence, sensitive content, or harmful content.
  • Inconvenience censorship also happens where certain information might need to be restricted.
  • Censorship can also happen to support democracy and uphold democratic values.
  • There are global differences in censorship, for example, China has very strict censorship.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • censorship: the control of information or ideas within a society
  • media: television, radio, printed and new media which can reach a large number of people
  • inconvenient: causing difficulty, trouble, or discomfort, often by disrupting plans or making things less easy

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Censorship is always bad (this might be linked to students' understanding of free press and human rights).

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

Sometimes media is censored due to potentially causing offence, sensitive content, or harmful content. Inconvenience censorship also happens where certain information might need to be restricted.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'censorship'

the control of information or ideas within a society.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: Censorship is always bad (this might be linked to students' understanding of free press and human rights). Correction: Censorship sometimes needs to happen to reduce offence, upset and harm.

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