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CNN, WASHINGTON POST, ABC

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News that is not backed by a credible source and puts out only what people want to hear without legit facts. i.e: CNN NEWS

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So that people can use it, if it cost why waste your time and money

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The News Media are the ones that control the media because they put stuff out there and others who post inaccurate things.

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News that is not backed up by credible sources

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More networking

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News that is extremely exaggerated for a purpose, i.e. FOX News

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TO get people to use it more which allows them to put in more ads

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Everyone controls the media because we influence the bias of media every day

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The news. Us. They want to get you on board with them

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Everyone wants to use social media and the companies make the money from ad revenues and other sources.

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CNN & FOX

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News that is extremely exaggerated to make their point more important

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Everyone controls the media and whoever decides to post their thought/beliefs is who sends it. The intent is to express themselves and hopefully find people who side on their opinions. The company or source that is used to post the media literacy is the one who profits.

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News that uses fake content to rake in viewers

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It’s essential/vital when creating media. Unlike 40+ years ago, we rely solely on technology. This can be negatively impacting students because of health concerns. Another thing to keep in mind would be the reliability especially with internet connection and with organization.

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I don’t think it’s that important due to the fact that media shouldn’t have much to do with your view on the world. You should be swayed be you and your folks.

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Being able to correctly understand the purpose of the post

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The users and creators have most of the control. The profits go towards the creators and the advertisements

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I don’t think anyone controls the media I think that if something is going in that is current any media outlet will be talking about it. They want people to see what they are posting.

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It is important because this helps us understand the role of media

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CNN

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So you understand what is going on

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How you analyze and understand anything on media or internet

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We see media everyday. At this point the media is almost mandatory in schools. In order to use the media in a smart way we need to know what is real and what is fake.

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It is important to make sure you are using appropriate wording and terms

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It allows you to connect with pictures of what’s going on in people’s lives that you couldn’t be there to see in person

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Analyzing and evaluating text, images, or post on social media

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Anything can be sent by anyone onthe  internet. Profits can be made by makers, users, as well as advertisers.

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Media is in every part of our society and it’s important to be able to use it successfully

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It will help people better understand situations and deal with those situations

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Ability to understand/analyze media. Able to understand if a topic is real or not that is posted on the internet.

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Understanding Media. News, online sources and other related topics, and being able to relate that information to every day life

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A place that allows you to interact with people over the internet

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It is the ability to understand what a story is telling us and how it relates to people in the world

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The ability to navigate media and determine what is truthful and what is not

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Because it is so prevalent in today’s society and is used by billions daily.

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practices that allow people to access, critically evaluate, and create media

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Media literacy is creating a type of literature that is meant to criticize and analyze throughout the media

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I think media literacy is how someone or people would communicate to the public over many networks.

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Being able to understand the media

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Ability to access, analyze and evaluate media in a variety of forms.

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Just about everything that is wrong with public discourse in America was on display last Friday (Jan. 18) in a chance encounter in Washington, D.C., among students from a Kentucky Catholic high school, a gathering of American Indians and a group called the Black Hebrew Israelites.

A confluence of politics, race, religion and age mixed with the debate over abortion, immigration, indigenous peoples rights and President Donald Trump played out in front of cellphone cameras recording videos for posting to social media. What could go wrong?

More than a week later, people are still debating what happened and why.

The only area of wide agreement is that "the media" has made it worse and that we all would be better served by taking a breath before hitting the Twitter button. (Including me.)
A mayor is running for president. No, not that mayor
Most people became aware of the incident through a 90-second social media clip and the narrative best captured by a New York Times headline: " Viral Video Shows Boys in 'Make America Great Again' Hats Surrounding Native Elder."

The story described "a throng of cheering and jeering high school boys, predominantly white and wearing 'Make America Great Again' gear, surrounding a Native American elder."

The video focused on a stare-down between Nathan Phillips, a 64-year-old Native American activist leading the Indigenous Peoples March, and Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Washington for the anti-abortion March for Life. The clip shows Phillips beating a drum and chanting while Sandmann stands in front of him with either a nervous smile or a contemptuous smirk, depending on your viewpoint.

The Times report described the encounter as "the latest touchpoint for racial tensions in America, particularly under Mr. Trump, who has painted immigrants in broad strokes as rapists and drug dealers and recently mocked Senator Elizabeth Warren with a reference to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, sacred ground for Native Americans whose ancestors fought and died there."

That would be a lot to hang on any event, let alone less than two minutes of a raw video in which nothing is said between the two protagonists. And it didn't take long for that version to be debunked by an almost two-hour video showing the students being taunted and insulted by members of the Black Hebrew Israelites and Phillips initiating the confrontation with the teens.

That set off the next wave of news coverage and Twitter commentary condemning the media for "smearing" the students by concocting a false narrative and perpetuating the myth that Trump supporters are nothing but hate-filled racists.

That national media scrambled to amend and clarify the event with follow-up stories like " Fuller Picture Emerges of Viral Video of Native American Man and Catholic Students " and network TV interviews with Phillips and Sandmann, but the damage had been done.

Whatever one believed about what actually happened - Phillips says he was trying to act as peacemaker between the teens and the Black Hebrew Israelites and Sandmann says he was trying to keep things from escalating between Phillips and his fellow students - it's obvious that a relatively minor moment was blown out of proportion by the media coverage.

For many, this was more evidence of the biased, lying media and "fake news" that is out of touch with America. In truth, it has more to do with media outlets' obsession with all things "viral," the hot take and the suppression of journalism's ethics and norms to post or tweet in real time and do the reporting later.

Yes, media biases were exposed and the rush to judgment was unfair, especially to Sandmann and the Covington students. But the narrative was quickly challenged by other media sources and news organizations were quick to update and correct their reporting. They should get credit for that because not everyone who makes false statements these days is willing to admit it.

As is true in most human interactions, no party in these events was completely innocent.

The Covington High School students said their chaperones allowed them to respond to the Black Hebrew Israelites' insults with "spirit cheers," which included one young man removing his shirt and flexing. That's not exactly the way to defuse the situation. And yes, wearing a MAGA hat is a political statement not a fashion choice.

The Black Hebrew Israelites are well-known for provoking people with racist slurs, not engaging in real dialogue. This is a group to be ignored not engaged.
Waiting for Roger Goodell to do the right thing
Phillips' claim to the role of peacemaker doesn't align with his going into the crowd of young people or his banging the drum and chanting in Sandmann's face for several minutes. A tribal elder should be more mature than that.

And the media need to return to the standard of understanding, reporting and and applying news judgment to events before deciding that it's enough just to be viral.

It's only making public discussion sicker.
Tim Morris is a columnist on the Latitude team at NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. Latitude is a place to share opinions about the challenges facing Louisiana. Follow @LatitudeNOLA on Facebook and Twitter. Write to Tim at tmorris@nola.com.

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Catholic kids in MAGA hats and everything wrong with the media

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Just about everything that is wrong with public discourse in America was on display last Friday (Jan. 18) in a chance encounter in Washington, D.C., among students from a Kentucky Catholic high school, a gathering of American Indians and a group called the Black Hebrew Israelites.

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I got on FB about ten, twelve years ago. I really enjoyed catching up with old friends and acquaintances from high school and college. I got birthday messages by the hundreds. When my mom died in 2010, the messages I received after I posted the news were comforting not just because of the content but because I was hearing from people from whom I would not have heard otherwise. I’ve really enjoyed sharing media literacy-related information on FB as well.

Lately though, it’s been detracting from my life more than adding. You see, FB makes me feel like I am “not enough”. I don’t post about my sons on their birthdays (“Do I not love them enough?”) and I don’t post about my husband on our anniversary (“Do I not love him enough?”). I find myself comparing the real Julie with the projected versions of my friends and acquaintances. And I do not ever measure up. I find myself checking “likes” and “shares” when I should be doing other, more productive things. Noticing how I’ve enjoyed the affirmation has been a humbling realization for me.

For the past year or so, I’ve really only been checking notifications. But lately, the notifications have begun to lose credibility – they rarely include anything to do with my account.

Ending my relationship with FB has less to do with my feelings of inadequacy and more to do with how they are completely irresponsible with our data, our privacy and our democracy,

Mark Zuckerberg did not create FB to be a news platform. However, that’s what it has become. And he has no idea what to do with it. Consequently, people get “news” from FB that is outdated, manufactured, extremist and outright false – many times, originating in other countries (hello, Macedonia!). Because we tend to congregate online with people who feel, think and vote the way that we do, our FB timelines can become echo chambers where we are never confronted with messages that do not affirm our already-held beliefs. We now think that memes are “news”. I feel that FB’s delivery system has kept us from real KNOWLEDGE.

The fringes operate happily on this platform, and I’m not comfortable with that. Anti-Semitic pages take forever to get deleted, and Holocaust denial is accepted. Outrage is common on FB, which in many cases does nothing to help humanity other than add to a feeling of anxiety and hopelessness.

The misuse of data, the lies about the data and the inability to FIX the breaches are another reason I’m breaking up with FB.  I’m increasingly uncomfortable with FB making millions of dollars with my data. Obviously, I gave them this data willingly when I signed up, posted and “liked”. But I’m not getting enough in return for this.

If Mark Zuckerberg wants to make a fortune on my data, I should at least get something in return other than feelings of inadequacy.

I’ve enjoyed sharing media literacy information on FB for years and will continue to do so on other platforms. I enjoy Twitter immensely (yes I know every platform has its problems!) but I learn SO MUCH from fantastic educators on there. I will keep that up, happily.

But I’m done with Mark’s project. He created a beast he can no longer control. He is unelected, unaccountable and has an enormous influence in our democracy and our notions of truth, relationships and connections. He can continue to do that without my help.