Media Stamped: Framing, Headlines, and Fake News
From Media Stamped · 2024
14 min4th5th6thMedia Arts
Summary
Would you rather hang out with a "Citizen" or a "Suspect"? Media Stamped shows how the words around a story -- headlines, labels, and "hero" or "villain" frames -- can completely change your opinion of a person or an event. Kids practice spotting slanted framing, re-writing tricky headlines, and hunting for the actual facts underneath.
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Teaching resources
Discussion questions
Read between the headlines
- What's the difference between a "hero frame" and a "villain frame" for the same person?
- How can a headline make you feel one way before you've even read the story?
- If you weren't sure a news post was true, what could you do to find the real facts?
Quick work-a-long
Flip the frame: Words to know -- *headline, frame, fact vs. opinion.* Take a plain event -- "A dog got loose in the park." Write one headline that makes the dog sound like a hero and one that makes it sound like trouble. Then write the fair, factual version.