Year 10 - Citizenship
What is the role of the media internationally?
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 how the UK media is able to inform about international issues and the role that journalists play within this.
Key Notes
- The ability to find out about international issues is key part of democracy.
- UK media uses foreign correspondents, partnerships, citizen journalism and NGO data to report international news.
- Journalists must be free to report accurately within a democracy but their ability to do this is inconsistent.
- In countries where journalists are protected by press freedom laws, citizens have access to a free press, & vice versa.
- There are international organisations that work to protect journalists and campaign for global press freedom.
Vocabulary To Learn
- international: relating to or involving multiple countries
- journalist: a person who collects and reports news to the public
- free press: the right of media to publish news without government control
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Pupils may think journalism is the same everywhere and not understand the risks faced by journalists in countries with limited press freedom.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
The ability to find out about international issues is key part of democracy. UK media uses foreign correspondents, partnerships, citizen journalism and NGO data to report international news.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'international'
relating to or involving multiple countries.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: Pupils may think journalism is the same everywhere and not understand the risks faced by journalists in countries with limited press freedom. Correction: Journalism is not the same everywhere. Due to a lack of press freedom laws in some countries, journalists are putting their lives at risk by investigating and reporting about key issues.
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