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Media and Law Reform
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Media and Law Reform
📚 Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. Which statement best describes how media can influence law reform?
Media sets the public agenda and shapes perceptions that can pressure policymakers
Media directly writes legislation for parliament
Media only reports court decisions and has no public influence
Media funds political parties to create laws
2. Which Australian campaign used a national postal survey and led to a rapid change in law?
Same-sex marriage postal survey (2017)
Plain packaging for cigarettes
Climate strike protests
Introduction of a carbon price
3. Check all media techniques commonly used in campaigns to influence public opinion:
Emotional storytelling (personal testimonies)
Use of statistics and research evidence
Celebrity endorsements
Weather forecasting and temperature data
4. Which platform generally enables the fastest spread of grassroots campaigns and viral mobilisation?
Television news
Radio broadcasts
Print newspapers
Social media platforms (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
✏️ Part 2: Short Answers & Activity
5. In 2–3 sentences, name an Australian media campaign you studied and state its main objective and target audience.
6. Match each media technique (left) with the best example of how it is used (right). Draw lines to connect.
A. Emotional appeal
B. Use of statistics
C. Visual imagery
D. Hashtag mobilisation
1. Before-and-after photographs highlighting harm
2. Survivor interview on prime-time news
3. #ChangeTheLaw trending on social media
4. Quoting national health statistics
7. Create a simple annotated timeline (3–5 points) of Australian law reforms influenced by media or public pressure. For each point include the year and one short note on media’s role.
8. Reflection / Exit ticket — In one sentence, what is one clear way media changes public views on laws? Support with one brief example.
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