M2 Hypothesis Annotation: Types of Media Bias

Learning Goal: I’m working on a english question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn.

Overview

For this reading, you will use social annotation to comment and take notes. Social annotation is a way to read and take notes with your classmates. Social annotation is reading and thinking together. It brings the age-old process of marking up texts to the digital learning space while also making it a collaborative exercise. The tool that makes this possible is Hypothes.is.

Purpose

Completing this annotation activity will help you use prewriting strategies to plan your assignment. You will be able to reflect on the ideas needed to complete the module two work successfully, and use active reading strategies.

Directions

BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

• Study 16 types of media bias
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The Tool You’ll Use: Hypothesis

• If you’d like a quick guide to creating annotations in Hypothesis, use this guide: Introduction to Hypothesis App for Students.
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• If you feel proficient at annotating, you can annotate with images, GIFs or videos. Check out this article which explains how to do this: Adding Links, Images, and Video.
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WHEN YOU ARE READY:

1. Start by clicking on the big gray button below that says “Load 2.2 Hypothesis/Social Annotation: Types of Media Bias.” This will take you to a PDF of two articles on the same topic, but one will be “left-leaning,â€� and one will be “right-leaning,â€� according to the Allsides analysis.
2. In a separate tab or window, open https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/ratings
   Links to an external site. and search for the publication name (found in the upper right-hand or left-hand corner of the pdf) to see the way Allsides labels the publication (as right leaning or left leaning). Use that information to help you read critically and create your annotations.
3. Use Hypothesis to annotate specific segments of the articles and try to label the type of media bias you see there.
4. Label at least two types of media bias. If you don’t see any types, make a note in Hypothesis to explain that to your group.
5. After a few days, return to the page and either reply to two annotations or comment on two others’ work as a whole. Try to use the “yes, and� and “yes, but� approach: “Yes, I also saw this in this other part of the article. . . .� or “Yes, but I thought this section was a more obvious demonstration of this other type of bias. . .� It is OK to respectfully disagree here; you will be helping your classmates!

Grading

Please see the Hypothesis rubric
Download Hypothesis rubricfor grading criteria.