ACTIVITIES Activity 1 Directions: Read a newspaper or listen to the news on the radio. Then, watch the news broadcast aired in any television station. Focus on the updates regarding the coVid-19 pandemic in our country. Compare and contrast their content using the given criteria below.

News broadcast aired in

News published in any any television station newspaper Criteria

(News headline)

Content of the News (What is the news all about? Tell the information presented in the news. Can you relate on it? Is the way news presented easy to understand?)

Presence of Bias and Propaganda (Is there any bias or propaganda present in the news? If there is, what is it? Explain)

Formality of Writing/ Speech (is the printed text grammatically structured and properly punctuated? Is the newscaster using informal words during the broadcast? Wears formal clothes during the report?

Completeness of Information (is the information about the news complete? Or is there any information not found in the report? If it is incomplete, what is missing?​