In this assignment you will improve your media literacy. You will learn how to use a framework for deciding if a source is trustworthy or not. First you will practice and get feedback on one analysis and then you will do another one where you will get a grade.
- Think about and write down some questions you can ask to find out if an article is trustworthy.
- Read this article and analyze it with the questions you thought about (don’t spend more than 20 minutes on this).
Queen must ‘stand up’ to ‘annoying’ Harry’s line of succession claims, says royal expert.
3. Go through the media literacy guide below which you should use to decide a sources trustworthiness.
Media literacy guide
You should at least be able to answer each of the four main questions.
Who is behind the source?
Is it a government agency? Is it an organisation? Is it a private person? Is it possible to see who is/are behind the source? Can you verify that the site where you’re reading this article has a good reputation as a serious news site?
Can you find information about the author and confirm that the author is a journalist? Has the author worked for other newspapers or are they an expert in the area they’re writing about?
Why is the source made?
To inform about something? To spread an opinion about something or someone? To sell something? To entertain? To mislead?
What does the source look like?
Does it have any contact information? Does it have links that works? Does it have believable references (citations)? Does it have a date of its latest update?
Can you find information about the same event from different sources?
Have you compared with what you already know?
Can you find information about the same event from different sources? Is the information different in the other sources. If that is the case, then reflect why.
4. Analyze the article again using the media literacy guide. If you go to class you discuss these questions together and if you study as a distance learner you think and write your answers to the questions below.
- After reading the story once, could you decide if the article was trustworthy? Why or why not?
- After using the framework could you decide if the article was trustworthy? Why or why not?
- Which of the questions in the guide do you think is most important to see if this article is trustworthy? Explain why.
- Explain any outstanding questions you still have about the original source. Which of the other questions in the media literacy guide would you want to investigate further to determine if it is trustworthy?
5. Now watch this video to increase your skills in media literacy even more.
6. Write the following assignment and send it in:
Analyze the following article with the media literacy guide.
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Write your analysis of the article where you go through the questions in the media literacy guide. Rate the article’s trustworthiness from 1-10 (where a 10 is the most trustworthy). Your argumentation for your rating will act as a summary of your analysis.
These are the criteria which will be used to assess your assignment
| Not yet | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | |
| Media literacy | Not yet | I show some knowledge of media literacy in reflections. | I show knowledge of media literacy in my reflections. | I show very good knowledge of media literacy in my reflections. |
| Betygskriterier från gymnasiekurs engelska 6 (Skolverket) | Not yet | Eleven väljer med källkritisk medvetenhet innehåll från muntliga och skriftliga källor av olika slag och använder på ett relevant sätt det valda materialet i sin egen produktion och interaktion. | Eleven väljer med källkritisk medvetenhet innehåll från muntliga och skriftliga källor av olika slag och använder på ett relevant och effektivt sätt det valda materialet i sin egen produktion och interaktion. | Eleven väljer med källkritisk medvetenhet innehåll från muntliga och skriftliga källor av olika slag och använder på ett relevant, effektivt och problematiserande sätt det valda materialet i sin egen produktion och interaktion. |
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