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    Media Bias Video Exercise

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    1. The document discusses how to spot bias in the media by recognizing that biases form based on our backgrounds, experiences, and desire to quickly draw conclusions with limited information. 2. Bias can influence people's views and portray groups or ideas in a preferential light, often for reasons related to money, ratings, or influencing viewership. 3. It's important to look for subtle signs of bias like imbalanced representation of certain groups or stories, or differences in how groups or stories are portrayed through word choice, images, or story selection. Being aware of bias can help people think more critically about the information presented.

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    1. The document discusses how to spot bias in the media by recognizing that biases form based on our backgrounds, experiences, and desire to quickly draw conclusions with limited information. 2. Bias can influence people's views and portray groups or ideas in a preferential light, often for reasons related to money, ratings, or influencing viewership. 3. It's important to look for subtle signs of bias like imbalanced representation of certain groups or stories, or differences in how groups or stories are portrayed through word choice, images, or story selection. Being aware of bias can help people think more critically about the information presented.

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    1. The document discusses how to spot bias in the media by recognizing that biases form based on our backgrounds, experiences, and desire to quickly draw conclusions with limited information. 2. Bias can influence people's views and portray groups or ideas in a preferential light, often for reasons related to money, ratings, or influencing viewership. 3. It's important to look for subtle signs of bias like imbalanced representation of certain groups or stories, or differences in how groups or stories are portrayed through word choice, images, or story selection. Being aware of bias can help people think more critically about the information presented.

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    Media Bias Video Exercise

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    Monika Słupkowska
    1. The document discusses how to spot bias in the media by recognizing that biases form based on our backgrounds, experiences, and desire to quickly draw conclusions with limited information. 2. Bias can influence people's views and portray groups or ideas in a preferential light, often for reasons related to money, ratings, or influencing viewership. 3. It's important to look for subtle signs of bias like imbalanced representation of certain groups or stories, or differences in how groups or stories are portrayed through word choice, images, or story selection. Being aware of bias can help people think more critically about the information presented.

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    HOW TO SPOT BIAS IN THE MEDIA

    https://www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?ref=player&v=vOVyK2jq4yU

    BEFORE YOU WATCH


    A. Try to match the words to make expressions.
    a judgement bias conclusions impact pressure the way people
    vote
    against bias domination in positive light ratings to keep watching
    assumptions bias for negative shortcuts urge
    stories

    1. make 10. commercial


    2. preference 11. portray
    3. prejudice 12. ignore
    4. take 13. boost
    5. make 14. powerful
    6. draw 15. confirmation
    7. have 16. encourage
    8. world 17. obvious
    9. influence 18. subtle

    WHEN YOU WATCH


    B. Complete the text with the expressions from exercise A. Change the form
    where necessary.

    BIAS – ______________ before all facts are in; a ______________ or a


    ______________a person, a group, an idea etc. Bias happens because our brains
    are hard-wired to ______________ to use a limited amount of information to
    _______________ and ______________.

     We are influenced by
     our family  our own experiences
     our communities  the media

     Results of bias
     ___________________ quickly (good or bad)
     ___________________ people, groups and ideas.
     Reasons for bias
     to influence the way people think
     to ___________________ .
     money and ___________________.
     to keep sponsors happy by ____________ them _________________ or by
    _______________________
     to ___________________; it is why they often
     use stories that are exciting or scandalous
     deliberately back a popular political view
     to make the audience happy
     to ___________________the audience to keep watching

    ___________________ - a ___________________to be right which makes us take


    out information that proves what we already think.

     How to spot bias?


    Sometimes it’s obvious but bias can be subtle.
     a certain group of people or certain type of story isn’t represented as much in
    the media
     a certain group of people or certain type of story is represented differently.
     the selection of the stories told
     the choice of pictures
     the choice of words.

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