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What is the media as an actor?
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The news outlets and platforms that inform people and shape opinion — from press and TV to social media.
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What are the two kinds of media?
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Traditional mass media (newspapers, radio, TV) and social media (platforms where anyone can post).
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What is the 'fourth estate'?
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The media seen as a watchdog that holds those in power to account by exposing wrongdoing.
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What is agenda-setting by the media?
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Choosing which stories to tell, and so shaping what the public and governments pay attention to.
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How is the media's power double-edged?
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It can inform, connect and hold power to account — or mislead, divide and be used as a weapon.
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Why is social media a good example?
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It helped organise the 2011 Arab Spring protests, but the same platforms spread disinformation and propaganda.
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What is misinformation?
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False or misleading information, whether or not it is spread on purpose.
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What is disinformation?
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False information spread deliberately to deceive people.
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What is propaganda?
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Information, often biased, used to promote a particular cause or point of view.
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What is an echo chamber?
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An online space where people mostly hear views they already hold, which can deepen divisions.
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What is the key question about any media source?
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Who controls it? Free media can check power; state-run or manipulated media can serve it.
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