Year 10 - Citizenship
What is power and influence?
How powerful is the media?
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Unit Summary
Pupils explore the power and influence of the media both locally and nationally and consider how citizens can effectively navigate the information they are presented with.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to explain different types of power and influence.
Key Notes
- Some of the types of power within society include: political power, legal power, media power and hard power.
- Types of influence within society include: political influence, legal influence, media influence and social influence.
- Some people may argue that power is needed to influence others, as this can give you status, notoriety and popularity.
- Other people think that power is not needed to be influential as there are lots of normal influential people.
Vocabulary To Learn
- power: having control or authority over something or someone
- parliamentary sovereignty: the principle that Parliament is the supreme legal authority in the UK; Parliament can create, amend or end any UK law
- influence: the power to affect or change someone's thoughts, actions, or decisions
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Young people have little or no power to influence political systems or decisions because they are too young, not eligible to vote, or lack resources and authority.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Some of the types of power within society include: political power, legal power, media power and hard power. Types of influence within society include: political influence, legal influence, media influence and social influence.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'power'
having control or authority over something or someone.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Young people have little or no power to influence political systems or decisions because they are too young, not eligible to vote, or lack resources and authority. Correction: Individuals, including young people can be influential as they are still able to lobby MPs, liaise with the police, engage with media and take part in campaigns.
More Lessons In This Unit
- How can we protect ourselves from misinformation? Study Guide
- What impact can the media have locally and nationally? Study Guide
- What is the evolving role of the media in democracy? Study Guide
- What is the role of the media internationally? Study Guide
- Who is more powerful the media or the Government? Study Guide
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