Media Literacy & Bias
📋 What it is
Media literacy means recognising bias, checking sources, and telling news apart from ads and opinion.
🗣️ Coach says
Not everything online is neutral. A headline can be true but slanted; an “article” can secretly be an ad. Media-literate people ask “who made this and what do they want me to think or do?” before believing or sharing.
🧠 Memory hook
Before you believe or share: who made this, and what do they want from you?
😂 Giggle
Why did the debater bring a ladder?
To reach a higher level of reasoning!
😲 Whoa!
Studies found that most students couldn’t tell a news article from a paid ad labelled “sponsored content” — media literacy is a skill you have to practise, not one you’re born with.
⚖️ The claim on trial:
“This “article” praising a phone is neutral, trustworthy reporting.”
You're the judge. Deliver a verdict, pick the evidence that really matters, then reveal.
✗ Weak / flawed — Weak / flawed — “Sponsored” marks paid content with a selling motive, not independent news; that’s not neutral reporting.
Ask who made it and what they want — “sponsored” means an ad, not neutral news.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Find one “sponsored” or ad post and one real news post. List how you can tell them apart.