INTERACTING WITH MEDIA AND OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDERS SUCH AS LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES AND THE INTERNET- Activity

ACTIVITIES

• Select a media and information text of your choice and apply the key questions listed What can you learn about media production and industries, the messages being conveyed, as well as the intended audience?
• Think about a personal or economic activity that you would like to Write this down. Apply the key questions above starting with, ‘what are your information needs?’
• Write down all the activities you do during a day, from the moment you wake up in  the morning until you go back to bed at Analyze in small groups: do you need information to participate in these activities? Write down next to each activity the information you need. For example you need to know the temperature outside in order to get dressed; you need to know the traffic situation before you take the bus; you need to know about the economy in order to know if you are going to ask for a loan. Discuss: how important is information in your daily life? How many decisions would you have difficulty making without information?
• Using the library or the Internet, research some of the top television or radio programmes, films or advertisements from the past What key topics from the list above were central to their success? Describe the ways in which one or more of the above topics are highlighted by this example(s)
• Explain why journalists should have the right not to disclose the sources of their information, other than to their editors
• Discuss ‘Journalism is a discipline of verification’