Why Do People Acquire Bias?

If one has a pulse, one also has a bias; therefore, many people involved in the media bear their own biases, and it leads to subjective news. Frederick Allen, in his article "Balancing Act," clarifies how the bias in the media remains the same as it has always been and doesn’t show any indications of changing. The overwhelming and seemingly inescapable bias in today 's media is no more simply tuning in; it 's assuming control. In particular, Allen depicts how the general society sees the bias "in different places" (44). Allen continues to address what number of individuals won 't go up against their own worldview; rather, individuals will point fingers at the "one we disagree with" guaranteeing that the other will "hold the biased opinion"

Is reading important? Or is it just something school and work has made mandatory? Dana Gioia’s On the Importance of Reading says that reading is very significant and in fact, very beneficial to society. Many young adults would disagree, however, and say that reading is not crucial to them and reading is simply something they have to do throughout their school careers, but no longer dabble in after graduation. This outlook is reflected in national surveys, the number of literary non-readers in the United States is starting to outweigh the number of readers and, this has slowly been proceeding over the past 20 years (Gioia 421). Reading is a fundamental part of life. It’s a major way of expression, imagination, learning and being the best person

“We are the universe seeking truth” -Jay Woodman. There are many statements that relay to human nature, however we are a truth-seeking society. Whether the truth is 100% or not, humans need something to grab on to and believe as the truth. In the book, 1984 by George Orwell, Winston the main character seeks the truth of a fading society. Where in The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood Offred seeks the truth about her family and friends. In both cases, any information found can still be questionable, but is better than nothing and is a sign of hope. Both texts show different societies with each dystopian theme in full bloom, and still you can see how both protagonists are searching for a truth to grasp.

“The Dying Art of Disagreement” by Bret Stephens is a speech given at the Lowry Institute Media Award dinner, and the text from the speech was printed in The New York Times. Bret Stephens appeals to the media to set an example for society by promoting honest and fair debate based on true facts leading to a healthy openness of opposing views. This piece addresses what has led to the proposed downfall of disagreement and how media can assist in reversing this trend.

In a society motivated by cultural conformity, social media plays a large role in the expansion of ideas. Cultural comfort stems from the notion that internet consumers have a choice of what they view online. This form of internet tailoring is known as “Tribalism.” This term refers to the ties that humans have to various groups, whether that be religious, or political. This form of sectarianism only hinders our ability to form accurate opinions on issues, therein diluting our potential to make rational decisions. Tampering with the access to credible sources of information goes against the core values that companies such as Facebook and Twitter obsessively deny. Whether by choice, or software, conforming to a set of ideas through internet tailoring

The concept of critical thinking is a relatively new one to me. Of course, I have heard the phrase many times before, but I never fully understood what ‘critical thinking’ meant; did it involve analysing the work of others to find things to criticise? Oxford Dictionaries (2018) defines critical thinking as ‘the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement’. Critical thinking involves the use of skills to examine all information from a neutral stance – it does not exclusively involve finding fault in others’ work (Chatfield 2018, p.3). In 2018, good critical thinking skills are more necessary than ever before, with unimaginable amounts of information available to many of us at the press of a button. With the help of Critical Thinking by Tom Chatfield, I contemplated my own application of critical thinking skills in everyday situations and identified the skills I will need to develop for tertiary study.

The message that Donald Trump gave about abortion was an ethical message. For the mainstream news sources, those being ABC, CBS, and NBC, Donald Trump’s comments and negative concerns towards abortion. He states on ABC news “ I Could Have ‘Misspoken’ On Abortion Comments. He also states that women who get abortions, should be punished. Quoted, he states “It could be that I misspoke,” he said of the initial comments, adding, “But this was a long, convoluted subject.” However, I believe one cannot misspeak something that is said with intention and something that one have cons towards. He must have meant what he stated on there not necessarily him ‘misspeaking’ the touched topic.

President Trump’s continual deflections and attacks on any new agency or politician that presents him unfavorably has fueled the right’s suspicion of any entity that they deem liberal. I support the notion that people should be skeptical of the news they engage with, but in many cases this distrust is verging on fanaticism. On the other end of the political spectrum, networks that are considered liberal are practically jumping through hoops in an attempt to appear unbiased.

Garb and Boyle (?) analyzed why it can be challenging to attain knowledge from clinical experience and as well reviewed the value of research concerning clinical experience and clinical training. They also touched base on research regarding cognitive processes, comments about the feedback clinicians receive, and made recommendations about improving clinical practices. Clinicians that have had experience in a clinical aspect have been thought to be more valid and factual. A lot of research has supported clinical experience. Though Garb et al. (?) informed readers that, “narrative reviews of clinical judgement have concluded that when clinicians are given identical sets of information, experienced clinicians are no more accurate than less experienced

Recent advances in technology has been revolutionalizing research and quotidian activities alike. Over the 20th and 21st centuries, scientific advances have innoculated millions to prevent pathological breakouts and saved scholars the pain of performing rudimentary calculations time after time. Certainly no one can dispute the power of vaccines and computers; however, critics of certain inventions have brought up the insidious effects technology can bring. Most particularly, as technology helps us to solve more of our problems, critics argue that the human race will surely lose its innate problem-solving abilities. I believe scholars and scientists can overcome technology 's abilities to destroy their critical thinking abilities. On the other

Echo chambers are another source of polarization in American politics. In mass media, an echo chamber is defined as a “closed, non-interacting [community] centered around different narratives” (Emba). These communities are often used by “like-minded” people who have similar beliefs across different issues. (Emba). Members of these communities often “seek out information that [strengthen] their preferred narratives and [reject] information that [undermine] it” (Emba). The information that these users are likely to seek out often aligns with their political beliefs, while the information of opposing political beliefs is likely to be rejected. This is comparable to confirmation bias which is the tendency “to seek out information that confirms

For example, when the news reporters use propaganda to tell the public how well American soldiers are doing in Iraq, when there really is more to it.

Bias occurs when used in favor or against a thing, person, or group when compared with another. A reporter's job is to present a balanced story without choosing a side or being bias. Bias in the media occurs when a news station would choose a side and stretch the truth about a topic. Bias in the media occurs more often than individuals think. Bias in the media occurs when the news station wants to pick a side and wants the people to believe it and be in favor for it. It could be in favor of what the reporters think. Reporters usually side with one side of a story and either make it sound more positive or negative depending on the topic. This usually occurs with politics because there is always bias in the news and media and reporters want

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to a diverse food chain which does not have humans at the top. The Ghanaian proverb illustrates the significance of who says what, in terms of knowing. The frog is prey for the crocodile. So, considering that the prey knows this, if the frog says that the danger/predator is dead, believe it. The frog would never risk its life when coming close to a crocodile because it would probably die. However, the justification for knowing that the crocodile is dead is the food chain and how it works. The crocodile eats almost anything that moves, including frogs and humans. Therefore, the prey would not risk another preys life for fun. It’s the preys natural instinct to run away from the danger. Thus, the claim of the frog is

Humans are rational creatures. They are biased on different contexts. Bias that influences judgment from being balanced is a complex neural interplay between emotions and believes. It is a way we get things systematically wrong. Neuroscience and social physics suggest that we humans have typical mind-set that is more optimistic than realistic. We expect more the ‘better’ than the ‘worse.’ We anticipate things turn out better than they typically wind up being. We, in general, overestimate our expectations: children gifted, happy family life and higher life expectancy (a margin of 20 years or more); and hugely underestimate our shot comings like losing job or being diagnosed with cancer. They call it optimism bias – a bias that the future will be better than the past and the present. It is a bias that we all have. The farmer expects best crops next year. Optimism bias is across the board: age, sex, race, region and socioeconomics. Schoolchildren are rampant optimists – I will be somebody when I grow up – and so are the grownups. Optimists are often punished at the end.