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ERIC Number: EJ447841
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Israel; News Accuracy; News Bias; Palestinians