Reminder: Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union/USSR until 1991. Now it is an independent country, but Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Ukraine as part of Russia because they have a shared history and a similar language. The situation has been volatile for many years. On 24th February, Russia began bombing military targets near big cities. Since then, Russia has dropped more bombs, fighting continues, and many people have become refugees. Attacks come from land, sea, and air, from north, south, and east. Russian troops are now moving to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. The international community are trying to resolve the problem. The information we have and share is, therefore, essential to changing the situation.
Russia ukraine war: the role of the media
How can we find honest sources of information? Why is it important to understand sources? How does globalisation affect the information we read?
Read the newspaper article in your group. Which country does the article come from? USA? Ukraine? Russia?
- Who - who wrote and published the source? (Government, independent newspaper, celebrity on social media, etc).
- What - what is the content (what it shows or says)? What type of source is it? (photo, article, letter)
- Where - where is it published? What platform (Twitter, El País)? What country?
- Why - why did they publish the source? To inform, pursuade, entertain?
- When - when was it published? Is it recent or old?
Analysing a source with the 5 w rule
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Read the newspaper article again. In your group, analyse the source using the 5 Ws: who, what, where, why, and when? Do you think that the information reliable? Why?
Promise - promesa Troops - tropas/soldados Struggle - lucha To risk - arriesgar NATO - a military alliance Dragging/to drag - arrastrar
reliable
not reliable
Has an agenda/a motivation: to persuade people to not support involement in the war. Therefore, the article might be prejudiced. (Why)
Very recent/up-to-date. (When)
Academically written article. Intends to explain a situation. (What)
FOX News is known to sometimes publish fake news and to be very prejudiced. (Who)
An article about the situation in the US written by experts of the situation in the US. (Where)
Thinking about globalisation. Why is it important that our information is reliable?
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Thanks to globalisation, we can access information from all over the world: journalists travel to other countries, people share their stories on social media, and conversations can be had in international organisations (UN, NATO). But this also means that there can be more misinformation, more unreliable - or 'fake' - news. It is very important that we (individuals, governments, militaries) have the truth so that we can make informed decisions.
Thinking about globalisation. Why is it important that our information is reliable?
fo
According to some sources, many Russian soldiers did not know that they were going to war. Russian news calls the war 'a special military operation'. Do you think that this is an example of why it is important to have reliable information?
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Reminder: Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union/USSR until 1991. Now it is an independent country, but Russian President Vladimir Putin sees Ukraine as part of Russia because they have a shared history and a similar language. The situation has been volatile for many years. On 24th February, Russia began bombing military targets near big cities. Since then, Russia has dropped more bombs, fighting continues, and many people have become refugees. Attacks come from land, sea, and air, from north, south, and east. Russian troops are now moving to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv. The international community are trying to resolve the problem. The information we have and share is, therefore, essential to changing the situation.
Russia ukraine war: the role of the media
How can we find honest sources of information? Why is it important to understand sources? How does globalisation affect the information we read?
Read the newspaper article in your group. Which country does the article come from? USA? Ukraine? Russia?
Analysing a source with the 5 w rule
fo
Read the newspaper article again. In your group, analyse the source using the 5 Ws: who, what, where, why, and when? Do you think that the information reliable? Why?
Promise - promesa Troops - tropas/soldados Struggle - lucha To risk - arriesgar NATO - a military alliance Dragging/to drag - arrastrar
reliable
not reliable
Has an agenda/a motivation: to persuade people to not support involement in the war. Therefore, the article might be prejudiced. (Why)
Very recent/up-to-date. (When)
Academically written article. Intends to explain a situation. (What)
FOX News is known to sometimes publish fake news and to be very prejudiced. (Who)
An article about the situation in the US written by experts of the situation in the US. (Where)
Thinking about globalisation. Why is it important that our information is reliable?
fo
Thanks to globalisation, we can access information from all over the world: journalists travel to other countries, people share their stories on social media, and conversations can be had in international organisations (UN, NATO). But this also means that there can be more misinformation, more unreliable - or 'fake' - news. It is very important that we (individuals, governments, militaries) have the truth so that we can make informed decisions.
Thinking about globalisation. Why is it important that our information is reliable?
fo
According to some sources, many Russian soldiers did not know that they were going to war. Russian news calls the war 'a special military operation'. Do you think that this is an example of why it is important to have reliable information?