Optimism bias

While ambiguous language can be seen as a hindrance, many often believe it benefits media to explain information as clearly as possible for a wide range of audiences. This may seem as if it is a double negative describing “vague language” as being clear, however, vague language is often tied with language sensitivity to describe tragic events and are said to benefit the audience. Vagueness and sensitivity in media may be beneficial as they are aware that some audiences may be “sensitive” to some

Truong Dao Period 4 Persepolis Novel Analysis Why don’t some people like to read? That is because they don’t like looking at a wall of texts on each page. Having a book with hundred pages of text and words can cause some readers to not like reading. That is why many readers prefer reading graphic books or novels. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novel about a young girl growing up in Iran during the Iranian Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. Satrapi choose to tell her story in graphic novel

Today, news broadcasters are notorious for providing everyone with bias news. There are six main news sources which are called the Power House Networks; Fox news, ABC News, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC, but unfortunately each one pushes a different political view. A good example is a current event about the health care plan by which each powerhouse network pushes their political view. News viewers tend to be oblivious when it comes to bias in the media because they would rather hear what they believe is

cultural bias has altered the way individuals understand history, thus the way information is presented is a key factor in allowing people to have an unbiased

A research article in the Journal of Sex Research that is titled Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning Youths’ Perspectives of Inclusive School-Based Sexuality Education is expected to have bias shown throughout the paper to the reader. The title of the research article explains that it is written based off the study group’s perspective. The main purpose as outlined in the first paragraph of the introduction is “this exploratory study is to begin to develop a framework of what

action is good or bad, and for three it makes you think for yourself rather than be told what to think. This is something I really do like about this one, it doesn’t constantly scream out inequality or bias or any of that good stuff. BUT to me it does feel as if this person does have a slight bias to, well, everyone. This is also something else I will try and place in my

From the time we are very little, the number one source for correct facts has always been on the news. Yet after recently learning about conformity involving informational versus normative information, it opened my eyes further to understand how influenced society is as a whole. Another similar example that has been growing recently is social media. Instead of flipping on the news stations, it is just as popular now for individuals to look up information on the internet. Although just like how news

True Depiction of Some, Misrepresentation of Others Gaining acceptance into the college of one’s dreams can be a hard accomplishment to acquire in today’s society. The amount of competition one has to compete with when fighting for a spot, and the standards they must meet just to be considered can require a rigorous amount of work and a stellar application. Because it is so hard to choose the best students in the admissions process, many colleges have considered using students’ social media as

Journalists who work with sensitive topics constantly have tough moral decisions to make. Not only do they have to worry about the concrete actions they take, but they must also consider the fallout of their actions. To put it simply, they need to make teleological or deontological decisions. Teleological arguments consider the fallout of one’s actions, for better or for worse, while deontological are based on one’s duties and do not concern the effects of them. When dealing with this rape scenario

The story of King Arthur is one that has fascinated schoolchildren and adults alike for many years. Children (and, admittedly, many adults as well) adore the action and adventure found in the tales and delight in the sheer romance of it all. The story of an idyllic kingdom with the most glorious king in the world and his noble knights going on adventures is one that has appealed to audiences for a very long time. However, some adults are more interested in the legends not for the storybook aspects