{"id":109,"date":"2025-03-21T13:39:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/media-are-constructions\/"},"modified":"2025-03-22T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T19:16:00","slug":"media-are-constructions","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigating-teacher\/chapter\/media-are-constructions\/","title":{"raw":"Media Are Constructions","rendered":"Media Are Constructions"},"content":{"raw":"Assign one of\u00a0the\u00a0five \"What should be the media policy about identifying a person's faith in their reporting?\" articles so that each student reads only<strong> one<\/strong> of the articles and have students answer questions. Click on the link below to be directed to the provided articles.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-1-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 1<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-2-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 2<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-3-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 3<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-4-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 4<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-5-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 5<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 14pt;\">Take up questions as a class and compare the five pieces:<\/span>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>What did the different articles have in common?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>What were the key principles each author suggested were most important in deciding whether or not to give a person\u2019s faith in a news article?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Can students think of any examples of news stories (particularly those relating to crime or violence) where a person\u2019s faith was stated or implied? (Rev. Ray Innen Parchelo\u2019s article has an example of how a news story may imply a person\u2019s faith without stating it outright.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Do students think the identification was justified?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Can they think of examples in which a person\u2019s race, ability, sexual orientation or Aboriginal status was identified or implied? Do they think the identification was justified in those cases?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\u00a0<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\">Discussion note:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nConsider engaging students in discussion using strategies such as Socratic method, fishbowl discussions, or jigsaw strategy.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nKeeping in mind the points brought up in the previous discussion, ask students for their opinion:\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>In what situations is it appropriate to identify an individual\u2019s religion in the news?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Can this lead to a misperception of a particular religion in the media?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>If a suspect\u2019s religion is mentioned in reporting a crime, can this lead to negative stereotyping of that religion?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>How does the answer change when dealing with other forms of diversity (ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability)? Why?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Assign one of\u00a0the\u00a0five &#8220;What should be the media policy about identifying a person&#8217;s faith in their reporting?&#8221; articles so that each student reads only<strong> one<\/strong> of the articles and have students answer questions. Click on the link below to be directed to the provided articles.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-1-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-2-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-3-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-4-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/navigatingstudent\/chapter\/article-5-what-should-be-the-media-policy-about-identifying-a-persons-faith-in-their-reporting\/\">Article 5<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-align: initial; font-size: 14pt;\">Take up questions as a class and compare the five pieces:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What did the different articles have in common?<\/li>\n<li>What were the key principles each author suggested were most important in deciding whether or not to give a person\u2019s faith in a news article?<\/li>\n<li>Can students think of any examples of news stories (particularly those relating to crime or violence) where a person\u2019s faith was stated or implied? 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