Week Four

Week Four
Fact vs. opinions

Last week we looked at the differences between old media and new media. We looked at their features next to each other so that we could compare and contrast them. One difference we found was that old media was created by one company who produced everything, checked it and then sent it out for people to read or watch; whereas new media was created by lots of different people, and mostly wasn't 'checked' by anyone. Can you think of how these differences might affect the information that is shared?

One difference is that often information shared on old media is thought of as 'fact', whereas information on new media is more likely to be thought of as opinion.

BUT- is this true? Is what we see in newspapers and on television really true?

A lot of what we see in the news is from one perspective and this perspective doesn't represent EVERYONE, and sometimes can be quite unfair to groups of people.

Work your way through these tasks, make sure you follow each one in order

1. Watch THIS video about fact vs. opinions
2. Read THIS slide to get a better idea of fact vs opinions in the media.
3. Contribute to THIS document about facts and opinions

Your Learning intentions are this week are:

• Learn the key terms: society, media, fact, opinion, perspective, intent, knowledge production
• Understand what society labels ‘knowledge’, usually represents only one perspective of many (fact & opinion)

Please reply with a comment stating your success criteria (how you are going to show me that you have met your learning intentions (I have done one already as an example to help you).