By Shealeigh Voitl, Andy Lee Roth, and Project Censored
Students today need critical media literacy skills more than ever. Beyond Fact-Checking provides resources for educators to help them think critically about point-of-view and competing perspectives in news stories about current events. This practical guide introduces the concept of media "frames" and provides six detailed lesson plans to help students learn to "frame-check" news stories.
Frame-checking involves critical analysis of the narrative strategies used by news outlets to present news stories. Like a pair of x-ray glasses, frame-checking helps us see the hidden structure of a news story that might otherwise influence our understanding of an issue without our awareness.
This guide uses contemporary examples of news stories to introduce and develop key concepts and skills, including the construction of news headlines and how to track changes in the framing of developing news stories.
We fact-check news articles to detect misinformation or disinformation and, ultimately, to determine whether these sources are trustworthy. However, the information presented in a news story can be factually accurate but still misleading due to subtle framing techniques. This guide empowers students and their teachers to employ frame-checking as an essential media literacy tool that encourages a more comprehensive understanding of how news events are reported-one small but crucial step to envisioning a more inclusive, just, and sustainable world.
Thanks to the many Project Censored financial contributors, a free PDF version of this book has been made available here!
Designed by Shealeigh Voitl, Anson Stevens-Bollen, and Kate Horgan.
By Shealeigh Voitl, Andy Lee Roth, and Project Censored
Students today need critical media literacy skills more than ever. Beyond Fact-Checking provides resources for educators to help them think critically about point-of-view and competing perspectives in news stories about current events. This practical guide introduces the concept of media "frames" and provides six detailed lesson plans to help students learn to "frame-check" news stories.
Frame-checking involves critical analysis of the narrative strategies used by news outlets to present news stories. Like a pair of x-ray glasses, frame-checking helps us see the hidden structure of a news story that might otherwise influence our understanding of an issue without our awareness.
This guide uses contemporary examples of news stories to introduce and develop key concepts and skills, including the construction of news headlines and how to track changes in the framing of developing news stories.
We fact-check news articles to detect misinformation or disinformation and, ultimately, to determine whether these sources are trustworthy. However, the information presented in a news story can be factually accurate but still misleading due to subtle framing techniques. This guide empowers students and their teachers to employ frame-checking as an essential media literacy tool that encourages a more comprehensive understanding of how news events are reported-one small but crucial step to envisioning a more inclusive, just, and sustainable world.
Thanks to the many Project Censored financial contributors, a free PDF version of this book has been made available here!
Designed by Shealeigh Voitl, Anson Stevens-Bollen, and Kate Horgan.
