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SUMMARY:Spot the Technique: A Daily Challenge with Real 2026 Political Ads
DESCRIPTION:Spot the technique: a free\, self-paced daily challenge for Media Literacy Week. Each day from October 26 to 30\, two real 2026 political ads go up on semblen.com\, one from each side\, built around the same persuasion technique (name calling\, glittering generalities\, exaggeration\, appeal to fear\, loaded language). Readers pick the techniques they see\, then compare their answers with Semblen’s analysis\, which marks the exact words and explains each technique in a sentence. It judges wording\, not which side is right\, and disagreeing with the machine\, for a reason\, counts. Takes about five minutes a day; works as a classroom warm-up\, with a free 45-minute lesson plan at semblen.com/classroom. No sign-up\, no student data\, no ads.
URL:https://mlw.namle.org/event/spot-the-technique-a-daily-challenge-with-real-2026-political-ads-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, Anywhere\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Friday Events,Monday Events,Thursday Events,Tuesday Events,Wednesday Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Semblen LLC":MAILTO:jason@semblen.com
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