NEWS LITERACY

Information spread for the purpose of promoting a cause and swaying theopinions of a population

Real or perceived partiality of journalists inselecting what is reported and how it is covered.

Worldwide data-sharing system of millions of networks carryinginformation sources and services

A free, multilingual encyclopedia projectwritten collaboratively by volunteers worldwide

Expressing an idea without governmental restraint, censorship or penalty

Selling to a business orindividual for the purpose of publicly promoting a product or service

Major television and radio networks, newspapers, magazines and news agencies.

Person or institution deciding what information should be made public or not.

Information that consumers can trust as accurateand that allows them to make a judgment

Origins. In journalistic terms, individuals who provide information for a news report.

Seeking to be free of favoritism or bias

A person or organization monitoring theactions of others to discover unlawful activity

Someone with special knowledge of a particular subject.

Advertising or other activity intended to prompt public interest in a person, product,etc  

Internally double- or triple-checking a news report for accuracy, fairness and context.

Standard of dependability upon which other sources are to be judged.

Believable, plausible or trustworthy.

A model for behavior or performance or a level of excellence.

A statement that can be verified or proven to betrue.