6.1.II.2 - News Articles (Online and Traditional)
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What is credibility in health news?
💡 Hint: Think of sources like well-known news organizations.
Define sensationalism.
💡 Hint: Remember headlines that seem too dramatic?
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What does the term 'sensationalism' refer to?
💡 Hint: Think of headlines that seem too dramatic.
True or False: Correlation implies causation.
💡 Hint: Can two things happening together mean one causes the other?
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Find an article about a recent health study. Summarize the main findings and evaluate how the article presents these findings in relation to sensationalism and bias.
💡 Hint: Does the article highlight the study's limitations?
Compare two articles on the same health topic from different sources. How do their presentations differ in terms of credibility and sensationalism?
💡 Hint: Look at who wrote it and where it was published.
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