Lesson Plans: How We Shape the News.

Negron, Edna

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Publication Date: 1989

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Lesson Plans: How We Shape the News.

Negron, Edna

Social Education, v53 n3 p179-80 Mar 1989

Presents two lesson plans to help students understand how news managers exercise judgment, how the media shapes public perception of people, places, and things, and how to recognize the importance of balanced news coverage. Each lesson includes objectives, a scenario, discussion questions, activities, and an evaluation. (LS)

Descriptors: Editors, Elementary Secondary Education, Journalism Education, Lesson Plans, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Mass Media Use, News Media, Press Opinion, Public Opinion, Social Influences, Social Studies, United States Government (Course)

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Language: English

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