{"id":1068,"date":"2018-03-05T23:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:49:56","slug":"start-evaluate-press-release-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-4\/introduction-to-media-literacy\/start-evaluate-press-release-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Start &#8211; Evaluate press release challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\"><div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Challenge summary<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100px\"><b>Summary<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td>Critical review of a press release.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Time7.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time7.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/88\/Time7.svg\/30px-Time7.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>1 hour<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Font2.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Font2.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e5\/Font2.svg\/30px-Font2.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>Linked to Task 1 of <a href=\"\/Learning_in_a_digital_age\/LiDA104\/Assessment\/LiDA104_Edubit\" title=\"Learning in a digital age\/LiDA104\/Assessment\/LiDA104 Edubit\">Edubit assessment for LiDA104<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Press releases are inherently biased because they typically aim to put a positive spin on the announcement and therefore provide an ideal format for critical evaluation.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p> \n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Start_here\">Start here<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/money.howstuffworks.com\/business-communications\/how-press-releases-work1.htm\">How press releases work<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prlog.org\/news\/#\">Latest news<\/a>, published by PRLOG press release distribution.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/newsroom\">Newsroom at Newswire<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/\">News feed at Cision, PR Newswire<\/a> (see advanced search feature).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Purpose<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this challenge is to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>enable learners to develop critical media skills by evaluating a press release of a business or topic area of interest.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.065 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.073 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 371\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1157\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 8222\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 2866\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 8\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:182257-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20180305234953 and revision 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