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The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 

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What
 
is
 
“The
 
Media?”
 

Gatekeeper:
 
“B”
 
is
 
for
 
Business
 

Gatekeeper:
 
“B”
 
is
 
for
 
Biased
 

The
 
Media
 
as
 
Agenda-Setter
 

Public
 
 
Agenda:
 
 


 
 
Fix
 
 
healthcare
 
 

 
 
More
 
 
solar
 
 
power
 
 

 
 
Lower
 
 
taxes
 
 

The
 
Media
 
as
 
Watchdog
 

The
 
Media’s
 
Audience:
 
You
 

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 

True/False
 
Active
 
Participation
 
Review
 

Name:
Local Dispatch

Agenda Cutout Activity

The Role of Media

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 
Name:
 

Cambodian
 
students
 
visit
 
U.S.
 
sister
 
city
 

Vocabulary.
 

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bold
 

Media
 
Roles.
 

The
 
Role
 
of
 
Media
 

What’s
 
YOUR
 
Agenda?
 

Intentions
 

My
 
agenda
 
is
 
to
 

News
 
Story
 

**TEACHER
 
GUIDE**
 

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bold
 


Content: On-the-hour
 
radio
 
news
 
is
 
even
 
shorter. Stories
 
most
 
likely
 
to
 
get
 
through
 
the
 
gate
 
are
 
those
 
that
 
are
 
the
 
most
 
gripping
 
(ever
 
wonder
 
why
 
the
 
“news”
 
is
 
full
 
of
 
car
 
crashes
 
and
 
house
 
fires?) or
 
that
 
affect
 
the
 
most
 
number
 
of
 
people. If
 
a
 
story
 
can’t
 
be
 
told
 
in
 
a
 
quick,
 
15-second
 
sound
 
bite,
 
it’s
 
likely
 
to
 
Gatekeeper: “B”
 
is
 
for
 
Biased
 
Biased
 
means
 
favoring
 
one
 
view
 
over
 
another. As
 
a
 
human
 
being,
 
it
 
is
 
impossible
 
to
 
be
 
completely
 
unbiased
 
even
 
if
 
you
 
try. The
 
media
 
is
 
made
 
up
 
of
 
human
 
beings; therefore,
 
even
 
when
 
media
 
outlets
 
try
 
to
 
be
 
unbiased,
 
they’re
 
not
 
always
 
successful. Bias
 
may
 
cause
 
the
 
media
 
to
 
open
 
the
 
gate
 
to
 
some
 
stories
 
instead
 
of
 
others
 
or
 
to
 
report
 
stories
 
in
 
a
 
way
 
that
 
is
 
weighted
 
toward
 
one
 
side. There
 
are
 
many
 
causes
 
of
 
bias.