Séquence 5: media on screen

Axe: Informer et s'informer

problématique: is American news a show?

Chapter 5

Media on screen

START

Table of content

Step 6: Journalism and ethics

Step 1: The press in the USA

Step 7: are Hosts real journalists?

Step 2: The media key words

Get ready for the final task

Step 3: discover the American press

Grammar

Tabloids or broadsheets?

Composition of a frontpage

Vocabulary-Level 1

Vocabulary-Level 2

Photojournalism

Step 4: Media on screen

Exercises

Escape Game: Fake news

Step 5 : is fiction worse than reality?

Step 1

The Press in the USA

INTERACTIVE QUESTION

INTERACTIVE QUESTION

The first amendment

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." December 15, 1791

Step 2

The media keywords

The media Keywords

Join the Wooclap! Use your phone

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Your answers

Your word cloud

Step 3

Discover the American Press

Press review Group work

- Each group has a pack of newspaper frontpages on a specific topic. Sort them according to the type of press they represent and explain why, giving precise examples. Use one magnet per argument/justification ==> Group 1: Trump's impeachment 2019 ==> Group 2: Biden president 2021 ==> Group 3: This week's (or so) frontpages, March 2024 ==> Group 4: Global warming 2016

Your work on Tabloids vs broadsheets

Tabloids or Broadsheets?

Follow the instructions on your guide sheet

Vocabulary level 1

Lien vers vocabulaire, semaine 1

Learn your vocabulary (10 words this week) with the Quizlet flashcards. A Quizlet live is coming!

Challenge: with your group, find what yellow journalism or Yellow press is, get ready to explain it in simple words to the class and say why it is important to understand this chapter. Click on the buzzer as soon as you are ready.

Yellow Journalism or Yellow press is a type of journalism that does not report an abundance of real news with facts. It uses shocking headlines that grab people's attention to sell more newspapers. Yellow Journalism can be about exaggerating facts or spreading rumors. Yellow Journalism got its name in the 1890s, when two New York City newspapers, the Journal (owned by Pulitzer) and the World (owned by Hearst), were competing to have the best sales. It shows that the craze for sensational news is not new in the USA and it explains the popularity of tabloids.

The banner

The date line

The pointer

Name PLate, Masthead or FlagYou might find ears right or left with the weather forecast

The price

The credit

The skybox/skyline

The photo/the cut

The caption

The lead

The by-line

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The headline

The column

Label the frontpage

1972: Napalm Attack by Nick Ut

The importance of photojournalism

1932-Lunch atop a skyscraper

definition

Photojournalism is a form of journalism which tells a news story through powerful photography.

2024-Evan Vucci

Vocabulary-Level 2

Learn your vocabulary 10 by 10, some words are similar to vocabulary level 1.

Step 4

Media on screen

How the American cinema portrays the journalists

Group2

group 1

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

SPEAK!!

Compare these 2 videos. explain with rich arguments which one is real and which one is fiction.

Take every detail into account

Meet Alex Jones-The real one

Who is A. Jones?

Listen to Alex Jones and get ready to explain what you have understood. Look for other controversial journalists or TV hosts.

VS

Your task​PW/choose​Write 2 articles on D.Trump, based on what you have learnt about the different types of press:- 1 A biased article from a tabloid- 2. A quality press article​==> both must be frontpages, so it must be composed of all the elements. You can ​use the site Canva Record 2 breaking news on a a subject you choose - 1 will be from a real journalist on a famous TV channel -1 will be from a controversial host

Taboo

Rules - Groups of 6/ 2 teams in each group - In turns, a member of the team takes a card, only him can see (and the checker)/ He has to make it guess to his team, never using the forbidden words - The checker next to him makes sure he doesn't and buzzes as soon as he hears one, the turn is then lost - No one card pass a card - You continue to take new cards as long as you win. - the team with the most cards wins.

Speaker makes his team guess

Checker with the buzzer, makes sure the speaker doesn't say forbidden words

Step 6

Journalism and ethics

Synthesis

Boycotted. Criticized. But Fox News Leads the Pack in Prime Time. By Michael M. Grynbaum Aug. 9, 2020 In one sense, this has been a difficult period for Fox News: a star anchor fired after being accused of sexual harassment, a lawsuit depicting a misogynist workplace, a top writer exposed as a racist internet troll, advertiser boycotts and outrage after Tucker Carlson called protesters “criminal mobs” and questioned the patriotism of a senator who lost her legs in Iraq. In another sense, business has never been better. In June and July, Fox News was the highest-rated television channel in the prime-time hours of 8 to 11 p.m. Not just on cable. Not just among news networks. All of television. The average live Fox News viewership in those hours outstripped cable rivals like CNN, MSNBC and ESPN, as well as the broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC, according to Nielsen. The New York Times

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Fox News cuts off Trump mid-speech during South Carolina rally for fact-checking ByArya Vaishnavi Feb 24, 2024 During his speech ahead of the GOP primary against Nikki Haley, Trump once again asserted how the 2020 elections were “rigged” in Joe Biden's favour Ahead of Saturday's Republican primary in Nikki Haley's home state, Donald Trump campaigned in South Carolina. However, the coverage of his rally speech was cut short by Fox News for fact-checking multiple points. On Friday, anchor Neil Cavuto muted the former US president mid-speech to correct some of the points made by him. “Even though he’s entitled to his opinion, he’s not entitled to his own set of facts,” Cavuto said as he argued against Trump's false claims on several topics, including the stock market, gas prices, and the 2020 election. The Hindustan Times

Info

Step 7

Are hosts real journalists?

Are hosts real journalists?

John Oliver

Listen to John Oliver. What does he explain about journalists? And so, are hosts and anchormen real journalists? explain why.

10:00

Your Final Task

Record radio podcasts on the American media

- You have 2 minutes each to speak, but you mustn't speak your 2 minutes in a row, you must organize the intervention as a disussion. - Pay attention to your tone, it must sound like the real radio shows you have worked on. - You cannot read a text, you can only have a guidline, not on your phone - While your team is recording, the others will have a grid to fill with your speaking qualities - Use the + to find help to start and end your radio show. - Don't hesitate to use rethorical questions.

In groups of 4: - 1 host: he introduces the show, the guests and the subject chosen, he has to intervene on a regular basis to animate the show. It's his responsibility to keep the conversation flowing in the right direction and, when time is up, successfully maneuver a transition into a commercial or music break. - 3 guests: they can be specialists, witnesses, scholars, journalists, anchormen or hosts....they must have different opinions or complementary arguments if they agree. You can prepare a vox-pop/steet interview to add to your podcast.

On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob (=foule) of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election. They sought (=chercher) to keep Trump in power by occupying the Capitol and preventing a joint session of Congress counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden. The attack was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing (=empêcher) the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan House select committee that investigated the incident, the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn (= renverser) the election.

Group 5

Keith Rupert Murdoch AC KCSG (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor. Through his company News Corp, he is the owner of hundreds of local, national, and international publishing outlets around the world, including in the UK (The Sun and The Times), in Australia (The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, and The Australian), in the US (The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post), book publisher HarperCollins, and the television broadcasting channels Sky News Australia and Fox News (through the Fox Corporation).

Group work

Each group watches an extract from the same show on journalists on screen and collaborates on the online mindmap on the blog Huzzah Mates: http://blog.ac-versailles.fr/huzzahmateslyceebascan/index.php/ - After watching your video(s), find the theme it deals with, write it on the Padlet in your group's label. - Fill the mindmap with as many elements from the video as you can. (Use + to create new label and to link it with your theme.

Host: Introduce the show: for example: Hi, I’m (host name), and you’re listening to the (show name). OR “Welcome, welcome, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, kids of all ages to StartTalk Radio, Bill Nye here, sitting in for Neil deGrasse Tyson, and I'm here today with none other than Chuck Nice.” OR "It's the TED Radio Hour from NPR. I'm Guy Raz. And on the show today, just a little nicer - ideas about compassion and empathy." OR “Hello, Friends, welcome to the show. This episode is brought to you by (sponsor’s name + more information about the advertiser, which may go on for a few minutes).” OR “Good morning, lovely gang, it’s Thursday. Hurray! Thursday the 25th of March in case you needed reminding...” OR “Good morning, how is your morning? Cold and chill? I’m freezing my socks off too! I have shots of good music to warm you up this morning.” OR “Hi, it’s (name) here. Before we get started, here is what’s coming up.” YOU CAN INTERRUPT: “We just got a tweet from one of our loyal listeners, [Listener Name], who says they love today’s playlist while studying for their finals. Good luck with your exams, [Listener Name], and thanks for tuning in to [Radio Show Name]!” TO END "that was a good point, Linda. All right, don't go away folks: we'll be continuing this conversation after our commercial break." "That was (name of show), thank you so much for listening, hope you enjoyed the show, next week, we'll receive....

Group 3

Group 4

Group 1

Both cartoons are American political cartoons criticizing Fox News for its alleged role in spreading misinformation.The cartoon by Bob Englehart uses a fishing metaphor: Rupert (Murdoch: press tycoon and owner of Fox) wearing a "FOX" red cap, a symbol for his support in the MAGA movement (and an echo to the red caps of the demonstrators in doc2) sits on a dock surrounded by bags of money. When asked what bait he uses to attract viewers and revenue, he answers simply: "Lies." The message is direct — Fox News deliberately uses disinformation as a business model, trading truth for profit. This is reinforced by the cartoon by Mike Luckovich, in the Atlanta Journal of March 2023. indeed, it references the January 6th Capitol riot footage with Tucker Carlson, Fx News anchor, showing rioters smashing Capitol windows while reframing the violence as patriots simply pointing out that "Capitol windows need upgrading." The satire targets the selective, euphemistic framing of a violent insurrection as something benign or even civic-minded. Both documents illustrate the same core argument — that certain media outlets, Fox News in particular, deliberately distort reality for ideological and financial purposes. They raise questions about media responsibility, the commodification of truth, and the political consequences of misinformation, which are central themes in American media culture. The analysis of doc 1 worsen the analysis by adding the long list of accusations against Tucker, making Fox News look more like a show than a genuireinformation channel.

Group 2

Period? role of the journalist? reaction?