{"id":12277,"date":"2014-11-03T09:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-11-03T14:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?page_id=12277"},"modified":"2023-12-07T10:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:07:51","slug":"media-politics-background-introduction-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/media-politics-background-introduction-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Media and Politics: Background\/ Introduction\/ Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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The Role of Media in Elections:
\nHelping Students Understand Media’s Influence<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span><\/i>by Frank Baker, media educator
\n(Workshops<\/a> available; contact me)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>\u00a9<\/a>2004<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Prescription to Lie?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Do your students know that political campaign ads are considered “free speech” and as such cannot be censored?
\nBroadcast and cable TV stations cannot edit these ads nor refuse to air them. \u00a0So if candidates can (and d0) say anything in their ads,
\nhow are we to know what’s true?<\/p>\n

“The bottom line, then, is that it’s important for citizens to look carefully at political ads<\/strong>. Certainly the truth or falsity and, regardless of \u2018truth\u2019, the deceptiveness of ad content is important to examine. Many newspapers and television analysis programs provide the citizen a good opportunity to learn more about the quality of the verbal content of political commercials. Although a majority of Americans are not aware of this, government closely controls the truth-value of national product advertising on television. But because of the principle of free speech, a principle protected by the U.S. Constitution, there is no control whatsoever on the content of a political commercial. Basically, a politician can say anything she or he wishes in a political ad. The only \u2018control\u2019 over content in a political ad is media and public response to that content.” (Source:\u00a0 PBS By The People)<\/p>\n

NCSS Position Statement on \u00a0Technology (2013)<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u201c\u00a0Given social studies educators\u2019 expertise with sourcing historical evidence, critically analyzing political messages<\/strong>, and drawing inferences from GIS data, they are well equipped to further students\u2019 media literacy<\/strong> and related skills.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nNational Standards<\/span><\/strong>:\u00a0
\nCenter for Civic Education \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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3.<\/span> Political communication: television, radio, the pres<\/span><\/b>s, and political persuasion.<\/span><\/b>
\n<\/span>Students should be able to evaluate, take, and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Curriculum Standards for Social Studies: II. Thematic Strands
\nV\u00a0 Individuals, Groups and Institutions
\n(Example: the media\/press as an institution )<\/p>\n

Excerpt from NCSS Standards Executive Summary:
\nThomas Jefferson, among others, emphasized that the vitality of a democracy\u00a0depends upon the education and participation of its citizens. While such active\u00a0civic participation includes becoming informed about issues and voting in elections,\u00a0it can take many other diverse forms relating to the United States government,\u00a0its history, its people, and its neighbors around the world.<\/p>\n

Mid Continental Research Ed Lab (McRel)<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Influence of media on American political life<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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