Study Guides

Unit Summary

In this unit students explore the roles and responsibilities of the media and the important role it plays within society.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to explain how the media holds people to account and why those in power should be held accountable.

Key Notes

• Holding people to account ensures those in power are responsible for their actions and decisions.
• The media holds leaders accountable through interviews, the design of front pages and investigative journalism.
• In a democracy, leaders must act fairly and deliver on their promises; it is the media's role to hold them to account.
• Media accountability prevents power misuse and reminds leaders that they serve the public.

Vocabulary To Learn

• media: forms of communication like radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the internet, that reach or influence people
• power: having control or authority over something or someone
• accountable: required to explain, justify and take responsibility for one's actions and to answer to someone, such as a person with more authority

Common Mistakes To Avoid

• There are no examples of the media holding those in power to account.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

More Lessons In This Unit

• Does the media create more harm than good? Study Guide
• Should we believe everything we see in the media? Study Guide
• What is the media? Study Guide
• What is the role of the media in a democracy? Study Guide
• What responsibilities does the media have? Study Guide