Using Newspapers to Study Media Bias.

Kirman, Joseph M.

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ERIC Number: EJ447841

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1992

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ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724

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Using Newspapers to Study Media Bias.

Kirman, Joseph M.

Social Education, v56 n1 p47-51 Jan 1992

Suggests that students can learn to recognize media bias by studying media reports of current events or historical topics. Describes a study unit using media coverage of the second anniversary of the Palestinian uprising against Israel. Discusses lesson objectives, planning, defining bias teaching procedures, and criteria for determining bias. (DK)

Descriptors: Bias, Current Events, Editorials, Headlines, History Instruction, News Media, Persuasive Discourse, Photojournalism, Press Opinion, Secondary Education, Social Studies, Student Projects, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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