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Journalism and Media Literacy

Concepts for evaluating news and media critically

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fourth_estate_f 15 terms Nov 5, 2025
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Media Literacy
Ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in various forms
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Primary Source
Original, firsthand account or evidence; interviews, documents, raw data
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Secondary Source
Analysis or interpretation of primary sources
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Inverted Pyramid
Journalistic writing structure; most important information first
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Lede
Opening sentence of a news article capturing who, what, where, when, why
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Confirmation Bias
Tendency to seek news that confirms existing beliefs
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Misinformation
False or inaccurate information spread without intent to deceive
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Disinformation
Deliberately false information spread to deceive
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Editorial
Opinion piece expressing a publication's or journalist's view
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Objectivity
Reporting facts without personal bias; presenting multiple perspectives
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Attribution
Crediting sources for information in a story
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Clickbait
Sensational headlines designed to generate clicks over informing
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Echo Chamber
Environment where people only encounter views reinforcing their own
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Fourth Estate
Press as watchdog over government; informal fourth branch of power
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Fact-Checking
Verifying accuracy of claims made by public figures or media