Interactive Oral Presentation
Media Bias
IOP # 3
Structured Group Discussion
Use this document to help with your analysis of a newspaper article.
Structured Group Discussion
Use this document to help with your analysis of a newspaper article.
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IOP # 2
Guidelines for the presentation:
Task 1: Select a news article that presents a bias view on a topic. Analyze the language used and the presentation, or layout, of the article. What makes this a bias news story? Be detailed and thorough and make sure to use terminology associated with media bias as well as relevant literary devices.
Task 2: Become a news anchor for a nightly news broadcast and present the same story in an unbiased way. You may need to do some research in order to show both sides of the story.
IOP Task Sheet
IOP Rubric and Criteria
American Newspapers
Possible Liberally Bias Newspapers: CBS News, Newsweek, CNN
Possible Conservatively Bias Newspapers: Fox News
British Newspapers
Right Wing: The Times (apparently owned by Rupert Murdoch), The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph
Liberal: The Guardian,
Others: The Sun, The Daily Record
*It doesn't hurt to do a google search for bias articles*
To aid in your research, see the following sites on Media bias: Rhetorica: Media Bias Critical Questions for Detecting Media Bias How to Identify Media Bias Detect Bias in the News (Handout) |
Student News Articles - Bias
Gaby - "Obama Signs Debt-Ceiling Plan Hours Before Deadline"
Yuria - "A Japan that Can Say Yes"
Toby - "Blackberry maker RIM to face MPs over riot claim"
Cordula - "€gads!"
Karine - "The Modern Roman Colloseum: Euthanasia as a Spectator Sport"
Lisa - "The Problems with Al Gore"
Carla - "Global warming: Too hot to handle for the BBC"
Thaddeus - "The Problem with Obama"
Hayato - "Usama Bin Laden Killed in Firefight with U.S. Special Ops Team in Pakistan"
Florian - "Global Memorials, Tinged with Weariness"
Yuria - "A Japan that Can Say Yes"
Toby - "Blackberry maker RIM to face MPs over riot claim"
Cordula - "€gads!"
Karine - "The Modern Roman Colloseum: Euthanasia as a Spectator Sport"
Lisa - "The Problems with Al Gore"
Carla - "Global warming: Too hot to handle for the BBC"
Thaddeus - "The Problem with Obama"
Hayato - "Usama Bin Laden Killed in Firefight with U.S. Special Ops Team in Pakistan"
Florian - "Global Memorials, Tinged with Weariness"