1. MEDIA EDUCATION - LESSON 01 WHAT IS THE MEDIA? Copyright © Digital Explorer 2010 This resource may be reproduced for educational purposes only. A resource by:

2. THESE LESSONS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

3. BECAUSE THEY WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW THE MEDIA WORKS

4. THEY COME FROM DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, RELIGIONS AND COUNTRIES

5. THEY BELIEVE THAT THE MEDIA CAN DISTORT OUR VIEW OF THE WORLD…

6. …AND YOUNG PEOPLE, ISLAM AND THE MUSLIM WORLD CAN BE MISUNDERSTOOD

7. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THEIR JOURNEYS SEE CULTURE.DIGITALEXPLORER.COM

9. DRAW A SPIDER DIAGRAM OF MEDIA TYPES MEDIA TYPES TV NEWSPAPERS

10. TimeMediaWhy? 0700Radio 4To listen to the news 0730Sky SportsLook at the football news online 0800Metro Look at the news and other articles on the way to school 1115SMSSwap latest music ideas with friends 1530MetroLook at TV schedule 1800E4Catch up on episodes of Hollyoaks WRITE A MEDIA DIARY FOR YOUR DAY

11. WHAT MEDIA DO YOU CONSUME? Write on each card, somewhere you get your news from, e.g. BBC website, a friend, a TV channel, etc. The place them in the pattern opposite with the news source you use the most at the top and the one you use the least at the bottom.

12. HOW RELIABLE IS THE MEDIA? Now you will need to re- order you cards, so that the news source your group thinks is most reliable at the top, and the one that is least reliable is at the bottom. Reliable simply means how much you believe what you read, hear or see is true.

13. − What was the most popular media source in your group? − Which media source did you decide was most reliable? − Were these two the same? Why or why not? − Did you rearrange any of the other cards? What do you think about this? QUESTIONS FOR CLASS DISCUSSION