Aim: Should the Fairness Doctrine be reinstated?
Bell Ringer: Assign students to work in pairs to complete Parts B and C of “The Fairness Doctrine: Student Research Guide.
1. SS.912.C.2.6: Evaluate, take, and defend positions about rights protected by the Constitution and Bill of Rights
2. SS.912.C.2.4: Evaluate, take, and defend positions on issues that cause the government to balance the interests of individuals with the public good.
3. SS.912.C.2.7: Explain why rights have limits and are not absolute.
Bell Ringer (5 min)
1. Ask each pair to analyze the data collected in Part A of the assignment to complete the three questions listed in Part B. The questions consider the extent to which controversial matters of public concern were covered by the media sources analyzed, the presence of multiple perspectives in this coverage, and any ideological undertones that accompanied this coverage. Students are to search for differences on each of these fronts across the sources they analyzed. (15 min)
Lead a brief discussion of student findings in Part B. (5 min)
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1. Question 6, parts A through D, asks students to place the Fairness Doctrine debate beside that of their own analysis of media coverage, predicting how the reinstatement of the Fairness Doctrine might impact coverage of controversial issues of public concern, the offering of multiple perspectives, and the ideological tone of coverage. In balance, pairs are then asked to decide if the Fairness Doctrine should be revived.
2. Question 7 asks pairs to consider the Fairness Doctrine in the context of First Amendment protections of freedom of speech and the press. It presupposes some knowledge of the First Amendment, but any confusion can be fleshed out in the context of the class discussion that follows.
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