MEDIA CITY · MISSION 08

EDITORIAL CONTROL

YEAR 8 · TERM 1 · WEEK 8

Publish or Pull It?

What responsibility comes with having an audience?

You are the editor for a fictional creator team preparing a campaign post. The post uses a real statistic from the scenario, but the graph scale exaggerates the change, a photo reveals private information in the background, and the source credit is missing. Decide what can be published, what must be revised and what should be pulled.

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MISSION DECKMEDIA CITY / WEEK 08SELECT A MODULE

01BRIEFMission

02LEARNIntel

03INVESTIGATEEvidence

04ENGLISHEvidence case

05DECIDEMake the call

06DATANumbers

07PROJECTBuild

08CHECK-INReflect

★GAMEReward

ACTIVE OBJECTIVEYou are the editor for a fictional creator team preparing a campaign post. The post uses a real statistic from the scenario, but the graph scale exaggerates the change, a photo reveals private information in the background, and the source credit is missing. Decide what can be published, what must be revised and what should be pulled.

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SEQUENCE01 / 08

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YOU NEED

Required: a device with this page open.
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Optional: pen + paper for rough working if that helps you think.

HOW TO DO IT

Read or listen to the Briefing + Learn.
Do the interactive mission.
Use facts from the reading and maths parts.
Make your choice and save your project step.
Play the weekly game. Finish Check-in.

WORK YOUR WAY

Short bursts are fine. Use Learning Tools for easier reading, read-aloud, less on screen, stronger contrast, no-rush and quieter-screen options.

If you get stuck, look at the example and try again.

MISSION BRIEFING

You are the editor for a fictional creator team preparing a campaign post. The post uses a real statistic from the scenario, but the graph scale exaggerates the change, a photo reveals private information in the background, and the source credit is missing. Decide what can be published, what must be revised and what should be pulled.

✓Apply publish/revise/pull decisions to creator content.

✓Check data presentation, attribution, privacy and accessibility before publication.

✓Explain unintended impact and audience responsibility.

✓Use a counter-argument before making a final editorial judgement.

MISSION MEDIA · CrashCourse Media Literacy

Online Advertising

Watch for how data, targeting and advertising choices affect creator responsibility.

LONG-FORM SOURCE · You only need the section that supports this mission. Pause once you have the evidence or explanation you need.

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LEARN

ACCURACY → PRIVACY → PUBLISH

Having an audience creates responsibility. Editors should ask whether the content is accurate, proportionate, attributed, accessible and respectful of privacy. A true statistic can still be presented misleadingly. A useful image can still expose private information. A strong editorial decision explains both the benefit of publishing and the reason a revision or removal may still be necessary.

LEARNING BUILD

Learn. Try. Check.

Look at the example. Try it yourself. Need help? Open a hint.

01 · REFRESH · QUICK PREREQUISITE CHECK

Refresh: editorial decisions should check accuracy, proportionality, attribution, privacy and accessibility separately.

Sign-ups rise from 200 to 230. What is the percentage increase?

Choose an answer to reactivate the idea you need for this week.

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02 · TEACH · CORE IDEA

03 · TEACH · WHAT TO NOTICE

Apply publish/revise/pull decisions to creator content.Check data presentation, attribution, privacy and accessibility before publication.

04 · TEACH · CONNECT THE SKILLS

Explain unintended impact and audience responsibility.Use a counter-argument before making a final editorial judgement.

05 · WORKED EXAMPLE

Worked example: the 15% result is real, but a graph starting its axis at 195 exaggerates the visual change. A photo exposing private contact details should be pulled or edited before release. A video without captions can usually be revised rather than discarded.

06 · WE DO · GUIDED PRACTICE

Which asset needs the highest privacy intervention before publication?

Choose the strongest answer. You will get an explanation straight away.

07 · YOU TRY · INDEPENDENT PRACTICE

YOU TRY: Make PUBLISH / REVISE / PULL decisions for the statistic, graph, photo and video. Explain the highest-priority change and include one counter-argument for publishing quickly.

Write at least 25 words. This is about the learning, not personal information.

MISCONCEPTION

MISCONCEPTION: “Because the headline statistic is true, the campaign is ready to publish.” Other elements can still mislead, exclude people or expose private information.

HELP

HELP: Audit each asset separately under ACCURACY / PRIVACY / ACCESSIBILITY / ATTRIBUTION, then combine the results into an editorial decision.

STRETCH · OPTIONAL

STRETCH (optional): Rank the four editorial problems by urgency and defend your order using likely harm, reversibility and ease of repair.

EDITORIAL CONTROL ROOM

Publish, revise or pull?

Audit each fictional campaign asset before release.

15% sign-up increase

Graph with axis starting at 195

Photo showing private contact detail

Video with no captions or transcript

Audit all four assets correctly.

OPEN THE CREATOR EVIDENCE

SOURCE 1

Campaign data

The fictional campaign increased sign-ups from 200 to 230, a 15% increase.

SOURCE 2

Graph issue

The draft chart starts its vertical axis at 195, making the 30-person increase look much larger than it is.

SOURCE 3

Privacy issue

A background noticeboard in the fictional photo shows a student surname and contact detail.

SOURCE 4

Accessibility issue

The draft video has spoken information but no captions or transcript.

INVESTIGATE + ENGLISH · EVIDENCE CASE

Publishing is a decision, not just a button

The fictional campaign has a genuine result: sign-ups increased from 200 to 230, which is 15%. That result can be communicated accurately. However, the draft graphic uses a narrow vertical axis that exaggerates the visual size of the increase. The photo also contains private information in the background, and the video has no captions. An editor does not need to discard the whole campaign, but they do need to fix problems that could mislead, exclude or expose people.

BUILD THE EVIDENCE CASE · CLAIM → EVIDENCE → REASONING

MAKE THE CALL

Audit the fictional campaign asset by asset. Mark each item PUBLISH, REVISE or PULL and explain which change has the highest priority before release.

BUILD YOUR CASE CONCLUSION1. Make the call. 2. Use at least two relevant pieces of evidence. 3. Explain one limitation or uncertainty. 4. Finish with what can responsibly be concluded.Strong structure: My judgement is… The strongest evidence is… However, we still do not know… Therefore…

CASE CONCLUSION: Write 180–250 words as the editor. Make a publish/revise/pull decision for the fictional campaign. Include the 15% increase, explain the graph problem, identify the privacy and accessibility issues, include one counter-argument for publishing quickly, and finish with a justified editorial decision.

YOUR REASONING

0/180 words minimum for this writing mission.

CLAIMEVIDENCELIMITATIONCONCLUSION

MATHS + DATA LAB

Check the numbers.

HOW TO SUCCEEDRead the situation first. Estimate what a sensible answer should look like, choose an efficient calculation, then use the feedback to check your reasoning.For data questions, explain what the number shows — and what it does not prove.

Fictional campaign sign-ups rose from 200 to 230. What was the percentage increase?

Estimate first, then choose the answer.

MISSION 05 · MATHS + DATA LAB

DATA TRAINING

FRACTIONS + PERCENT · YEAR 8 EXTENSION

6 PROBLEMS

QUICK METHODFRACTIONS + PERCENT

Convert between fractions, decimals and percentages, then calculate from the whole.

GUIDED · Q01–Q03Use the quick method, then check the explanation.

Q01

What is 25% of 200?

Q02

Which fraction equals 50%?

Q03

0.25 as a percentage is…

INDEPENDENT · Q04

Which is largest?

INDEPENDENT · Q05

A $80 item is reduced by 25%. What is the discount?

INDEPENDENT · Q06

After a 25% discount on $80, what is the new price?

OPTIONAL CHALLENGE · OPEN RESPONSE

A price rises 20%, then falls 20%. Is it back to the starting price? Explain with a numerical example.

0 words · optional

PROJECT HQ · PROJECT FILE 08

IMPROVE & FINISH.

Start something real. Build an idea, test it, improve it, and share it. Make your move.

Use strong clues and explain your decisions in your Reality Project.

PROJECT HQ · PROJECT FILE 08

IMPROVE + FINISH

PROJECT JOURNEYWEEK 8 / 9

Lock the final version only after the evidence, audience and accessibility checks survive review.

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THIS WEEKIMPROVE + FINISH

Complete only this project step today. Your saved work carries forward, so you do not need to finish the whole project at once.

A STRONG STEPSpecific · useful · achievable

Use evidence from this week's mission, name a real audience or purpose, and make the idea small enough to test and improve.

BEFORE YOU SAVE, CHECK:✓ I answered every field clearly✓ I used evidence or reasoning from this week✓ My next step is realistic

FINAL MESSAGE / JUDGEMENTVISIBLE EVIDENCE TRAILFINAL CHECK

Write in each box. Your answers save on this device as you type.

IDEA→RESEARCH→PLAN→BUILD→TEST→IMPROVE→PRESENT

Project sharing will be optional. A future upload system must keep private submission separate from public-showcase/marketing permission.

CHECK-IN

What changed in your thinking?

One thing I learned or questioned

YEAR 8 · REMIX · TERM 1 / WEEK 8

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