How well does the media hold those in power to account? Recapping our learning

How well does the media hold those in power to account? Recapping our learning

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will review how well the media holds those in power to account. We will then use that information to answer a series of exam style questions, including an essay on whether the UK media effectively keeps the citizenry informed about politics.

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5 Questions

Q1.
True or false, censorship is the suppression of speech, public communication, or other information?
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
True or false, misinformation is information that is deliberately created to harm a person, social group or organisation?
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Censorship might be used to disrupt the publishing of information that portrays your business or business partners in a negative light. This is called...?
Correct answer: Corporate Censorship
Military Censorship
Moral Censorship
Religious Censorship
Q4.
Censorship might be used to keep the tactics, which are going to be used by an army, confidential and secret from the enemy. This is called....?
Correct answer: Military Censorship
Moral Censorship
Political Censorship
Religious Censorship
Q5.
True or false, the government in China is controlled by the Republican Party of China?
Correct answer: False
True

5 Questions

Q1.
True or false, misinformation is information that is deliberately created to harm a person, social group or organisation?
Correct answer: False
True
Q2.
Censorship might be used to disrupt the publishing of information that portrays your business or business partners in a negative light. This is called...?
Correct answer: Corporate Censorship
Military Censorship
Moral Censorship
Religious Censorship
Q3.
Which of the following is NOT a key value in a democracy?
Correct answer: Censorship of the media
Freedom of assembly
Political parties
Regular elections
Q4.
True or false, one way the media can support democratic values is by ensuring they publish accurate information?
False
Correct answer: True
Q5.
What was the Leveson Inquiry set up to investigate?
Correct answer: Allegations of phone hacking by reporters
Payments given to criminals for information
The rules which should be set out for the BBC in the Royal Charter
Who owns newspapers in the UK

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UnitCitizenship / How well does the media hold those in power to account?

Citizenship