A Ppt made by students of 3rd Gymnasio Kalamatas made for the Erasmus+ project "Understanding and Critical Media Literacy" The study was carries out for educational purposes only. No infringement is intended.

2. The influence of
newspapers
1)Do newspapers play a major
role in our lives and if yes,why?
Newspapers are part of our
daily lives. Most millenials may
not use them often, but people
are used to getting informed by
them and they usually are an
updated source of information.

3. 2) How do newspapers influence us?
 Depending on the way they present
news, newspapers can lead us to false
conclusions. They achieve that by
writing their articles a certain way, in
favor of their political position and
financial interests. Sometimes, they do
not show the whole version of the truth
and they highlight the things they want.

4. Two sides of the same
coin
 The Afghan newspaper
“KHAAMA PRESS” has an
article about Afghan refugees
not being deported from
Pakistan. It states that there
is a long term program to help
people who have recently
arrived there and give them
time to get organized in order
to leave. It does not show
Pakistan’s negative response
to the migration problem and
certainly does not put the
blame on it. It also does not
mention what the leaders of
the country receiving these
refugees have said about the
situation. (most of them are
saying that they need to be
deported soon)

5. (part of the article and what it basically says)

6.  The Afghan newspaper “IRIN” also
has an article about the same matter,
but this time it is presented a bit
differently than the previous one. The
article highlights the words of Rauf
Khan, chief commissioner for Afghan
refugees in Islamabad, which were
everything but positive. Moreover,
through Rauf statements, it is clear
that Pakistan’s government has no
intention of letting refugees stay.

7.  European newspaper
“ALJAZEERA” has an
article about Spain’s top
court blocking Catalan
parliament’s meeting. It
states that Spain has
canceled a Catalonian
meeting in which regional
leaders where expected to
announce a split from
Spain. It analyses the
mater and it quotes many
off the leaders words,
positive and negative. It
has detailed information
and does not really take
sides.

8. (part of the article)

9.  The other European
newspaper
“euobserver” also
mentions this issue ,
but it does not have
such details. It is even
more impersonal and it
surely doesn’t report
the leaders’ statements.

10. After comparing the articles, we
reached some conclusions:
 Newspapers do not always display
what actually happened.
 We have to be able to distinguish
whether what is written is the truth
or a fabrication whose purpose is to
mislead us.

11.  In order to obtain valid information, we
have to read various sources and as
trustworthy as possible.
 Our opinion must not be formed
irrationally. We should examine the
issue we are interested in first and not
act on impulse.