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Read the quotes below and comment on them.
Give a definition of the media.
How do you think the media has changed in recent years?
Explain how you think the following events have affected the mass-media.
Then work in pairs to continue the timeline with relevant events that have taken place in the first decades of the 21st century.
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/media-studies-an-introduction/1315795
What do you think the role and the power of the media are?
Read the following text and answer the question:
Which do you think the first three Estates of the Realm are?
The Fourth Estate is a societal or political force or institution whose influence is not consistently or officially recognized. "Fourth Estate" most commonly refers to the news media; especially print journalism or "The Press". Thomas Carlyle attributed the origin of the term to Edmund Burke, who used it in a parliamentary debate in 1787 on the opening up of Press reporting of the House of Commons of Great Britain. The term makes implicit reference to the earlier division of the three Estates of the Realm.
To understand the power of the media, read the article embedded below. Work in pairs to reflect on the following questions:
What conclusion(s) can you draw from the article?
Which details are the most surprising/striking to you?
When you see numbers or statistics in the news, do you always trust them? Why / why not?
Can numbers be true but still misleading? Give an example.
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