Deconstructing Obama: Hawai'i and the U.S. Continent

CNL News Lesson

November 22, 2012 Added by Michael A. Spikes

Lesson Outline


Written By:
Ann Auman, University of Hawai`i

News Literacy Summer Institute 2011

This lesson plan, which connects multiple News Literacy lessons, familiarizes students with the how the perspective or “lens” of the journalist can influence the voice and content of a story. Using examples that compare mainland US and Hawaiian journalists’ views of President Obama, students are encouraged to analyze the credibility of each journalist’s voice.
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News Literacy Connections    

  • News Literacy Lesson 9: Evaluating Sources -- Use the IMVA/IN (Independent, Multiple, Verified,Authoritative/Informed, Named) mnemonic to verify sources.

 

  • News Literacy Lesson 4:  Know Your Neighborhood -- There are different types of information: Advertising, Publicity, Propaganda, Entertainment, Infotainment, Raw Information, and News, which each have specific characteristics that news consumers have to be able to identify when the lines between each become blurred.

 

Lesson Excerpt: Does the perspective or “lens” of the journalist influence the voice and content of a story or visual about Obama’s personal and political identity? Does this affect the credibility of the story positively or negatively?