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vocab Flashcards

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news

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Info that tells people about events, issues, and people of significance or of interest to them- local, national, and international

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Reliable

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Dependable, fit to be relied on. In journalistic terms, info that consumers can trust as accurate and that allows them to make a judgement, reach a conclusion, take an action, or seek further info

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Credible

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Believable, plausible, or trustworthy

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Truth

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Beyond accuracy, this involves more than getting the facts right
May not be known in the first story, but is a process that is often arrived at over time, over many stories, and through a sorting out period

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Standards

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A model for behavior or performance or a level of excellence.
Journalistic standards:
-Keeping an open mind
- putting highest value on truthfulness and accuracy
- striving to be fair
-honest broker of facts

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Sources

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origins. In journalistic terms, individuals who provide information for a news report

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Vetting

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Checking or investigating
Journalistic:
Internally double or triple checking a news report for accuracy, fairness, and context

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Transparency

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Openness and accountability
Journalistic:
explaining how the journalist learned something and why the journalist believes it so the audience can as well

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accountability

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responsibility for some activity, statement, or action. In journalistic terms, this includes a willingness to acknowledge and correct errors

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Internet

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data sharing system Carrying information sources and services

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Digital age

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Time period from the early 1900s through the present. Refers to increased dependance on info and a growing reliance on computers, cell phones, HD TVs, internet and others

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First Amendment

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protects these freedoms:

  1. Freedom of speech
  2. Freedom of press
  3. Freedom of religion
  4. Freedom to peacefully assemble
  5. Freedom to petition govt
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Free Speech

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expressing an idea without governmental restraint, censorship or penalty

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Watchdog

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One who guards against loss, theft or undesirable practices.
In journalistic terms, a person or organization monitoring the actions of others to discover unscrupulous or unlawful activity

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Opinion

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what a person thinks about a particular subject

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Advertising

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Selling space of time to a business or individual for the purpose of publicly promoting a product, service, or POV

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Entertainment

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a diverting activity designed to amuse, please, relax, or distract

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Publicity

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Advertising or other activity intended to prompt public interest in a person, product, service, activity, or idea

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Propaganda

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Info spread for the purpose of promoting a cause and swaying the opinions of a population
may be true or false, but carefully selected for its effect, which is often emotional rather than rational

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Raw Info

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Unanalyzed, unedited info that requires checking for accuracy, fairness, and context

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Fact

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a statement that can be verified or proved to be true

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Fiction

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something that has been invented or imagined

Included pure story telling or extreme exaggeration of actual events or facts

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Context

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Set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation, event or fact
In Journalistic terms:
key part of providing a truthful account of an event or understanding the meaning of an event over time

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Misinformation

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Info that is deliberately misleading, erroneous or false; sometimes used to divert attention from what is actually true

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News media

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All the various forms by which it’s possible to communicate news info to public

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mainstream Media

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Major television and radio networks, newspapers, magazines and news syndication agencies

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Journalist

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Someone who gathers and disseminates info about events, issues, and people of significance.
Includes reporters, columnists, editors, and visual journalists

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News Literacy

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The ability to determine the credibility of news reports and other info
whether delivered through print, TV, radio, or internet

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Documentation

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Authoritative evidence to support statements or facts in a news report or other account

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Subject

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Topic of convo, representation, or account.

Journalistic terms: focus of a news report

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Gatekeeper

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person or institution deciding what info should be made public and what should not

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Primary source of info

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First- hand or eyewitness account or original document from which info is obtained

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Secondary source of info

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Second hand account, such as a description from a police officer about what an eyewitness told her he had seen, or what someone was told after the fact about and vent he was not present for

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Benchmark of reliability

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Standard of dependability upon which other sources are to be judged

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Assertion

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an unsupported statement

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verification

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Proof or confirmation of factual accuracy

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Eyewitness source

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Someone who can give a first- hand account of what happened from actually observing or hearing an event

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Expert sourc

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Someone with special knowledge of a particular subject

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Official sourc

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Gov representative speaking in a n official capacity for the white house, or a federal agency, or the governor, the mayor or a state or city agenct

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On the record sourc

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Some1 who provides info in a news report and permits his or her name, position and other identifying info to be used

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anonymous source

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Some1 who provides info but refuses to be identified by name or other means
Reporter knows identity but agrees not to share it with the public
Less transparent and less accountable

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Multiple sources

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More than one source generally confirming the same piece of info or overall conclusion in a news report

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Visual images

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Representations such as a photograph, video, cartoon, or graphic

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Fairness

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seeking to be free of favoritism or bias
Journalistic terms: includes giving the subject and various parties to a report the opportunity to tell their side of the story

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News media bias

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Real or perceived partiality of journalists in selecting what is reported and how it is covered. Often used in terms ideology or partisanship

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Audience bias

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Preferance by news consumers toward a particular perspective or point of view
A tendancy to view the accuracy, fairness, and bias of news and info based on whether or n one agrees with the news report

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Wikipedia

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A free encyclopedia project written by people worldwide
articles can be edited by anyone
Subject to manipulation

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Googlee

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search engine

49
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Online social networks

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Provide ways for users to interact for social, professional, educational, or other purposes.

News literacy Ap NSL (3 decks)

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