wait, what?! you mean they didn’t tell me the whole story?!
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What is this message “saying” about the military and possibly about war? Write for a minute and then pair share.
BIAS The Oxford Dictionary defines bias as
the following:
“inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.”
BIAS And
“a concentration on or interest in one particular area or subject”
What might YOU be biased about as a teenager?
What is Objectivity?
Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition: expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations.
Is there such thing as an objective news source?
Write down your thoughts for two minutes & then pair share with a neighbor.
Does bias have an impact on what you hear on the radio or television? Accessibility of internet material? Can you think of anything else?
Reflection1. What did you learn that you did not
know previously?
2.How can you use this information
going forward?
3.What would you still like to learn, or
what do you feel you need more
information about?
Bias through placement Page 1- “Teen shoots man at bus stop!!”
Page 35 – “Teens collect turkeys to feed the homeless”.
Bias through selection and
omission Class choices:
Canadian lit.
American lit.
British lit.
Not offered: African lit
Bias through selection and
omission Class choices:
Canadian lit.
American lit.
British lit.
Not offered: African lit
Bias through statistics and crowd counts “Fifty people injured in crash!!!”
Only 7% of passengers sustained minor injuries.
Bias through statistics and crowd counts To make a disaster appear more
spectacular, (and therefore worthy of reading about), numbers can be inflated. “A hundred injured in plane crash can be the same thing as “Only minor injuries in air crash” reflecting the opinion of the one doing the counting.
Bias through statistics and crowd counts If 714 people were on board, and 7%
were injured, that would make it 50 people.
Bias by source control
To detect bias, always consider where the news item “comes from”.
Ex. Eukanuba dog food. Website says it has “Superior nutrition”. Does it really?
Where’s the bias?
Word choice and tone
Pushy vs. assertive?
Skinny vs. slim?
Reckless vs. daring?
Ex. Eye witness testimony of car crash.
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