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Ch. 1/Media Bias

    




    Reading chapter 1 of the textbook recently was very interesting for me because it went directly against a lot of what was taught in my high school writing classes. My teachers used to emphasize that it was important to pick one side or the other when writing rather than forming your own opinion, which was really hard at times because of how difficult it could be to completely agree with either side of an issue. I am happy that college writing is centered around the idea that you're supposed to apply external information and use critical thinking and "knowledge-making" to form an opinion because it allows for a lot more freedom in my work/interpretations.

    A good application for this happens to be in dealing with the media today. The information literacy workshop on Wednesday related to this by showing how there is lots of fake news on the internet and that taking one side or another on an issue is often difficult as a result of this misinformation/bias. 

    Many of these bias-related issues tend to be about politics. In political news, the far left and far right blow issues out of proportion and get the best of gullible people's emotions through unsupported claims. This makes it hard to find what your true viewpoint is on an issue without being emotionally charged up and pushed one way or another. In this scenario of uncertainty, people need to learn to trust their own belief system and go in with an open mind where both their common sense and morals help them form an opinion. A big issue with our society today is that people tend to do the opposite: they let the media form their opinions for them.

Comments

  1. Victoria ThomJanuary 27, 2023 at 7:10 AM

    Hello, You made a lot of good points regarding bias issues. You explained the issue very well and gave many great examples through your post!

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  2. Matthew JachimJanuary 27, 2023 at 1:41 PM

    Hi Matthew,
    I really like how you tied the chapter into our workshop on the bias in the news. This is a really big problem and action that takes place in media. Its important for us to know about the fake and biased news, like you said.

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  3. Erikas GurskasJanuary 29, 2023 at 4:48 PM

    I thought that you gave a very good job explaining parts of chapter one. especially with your example.

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  4. dr. kyburzFebruary 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM

    Yes to what Victoria, Matthew, and Erikas say! Great post!

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