MEDIA ANALYSIS

SKILLS AND PROCESSES - Students who have fully met the prescribed learning outcome are
able to:

• access a range of information sources on selected topics, including sources

• from a range of media types (e.g., print news, broadcast news, online
• representing a range of perspectives (worldwide news)

• explain the importance of accessing and considering a
  range of information sources

• assess the accuracy, reliability, and relevance of collected information by:

• determining examples of bias and points of view in information
• determining currency of information
• determining consistency with information obtained from other sources on the same topic (corroboration)

RESOURCES:

Analyzing News Reporting

Analyzing Editorials and Opinion Columns in Newspapers

Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War; The Holocaust

Lesson: A Framework for Deconstructing News

Case study: Holocaust denier: media analysis - hate on the internet

Lesson: Bias: students analyze 3 newspapers

Media Awareness Network

• What is Media Literacy?
• Media Literacy: Key Concepts

Front Pages from all over the World - Newseum: the interactive Museum of News
Ethics in Journalism (American examples)
Story behind Pulizer Prize Photos