Detecting Bias Quiz

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1. News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places, and events. A person can be called an "ex-con" or be referred to as someone who "served time twenty years ago for a minor offense."  This is an example of what kind of bias?

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The 'Detecting Bias Quiz' assesses understanding of different types of media bias. It explores scenarios such as confirmation bias, bias through placement, and source control, enhancing critical thinking... see moreand media literacy skills. see less

2. To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and therefore worthy of reading about), numbers can be inflated. What kind of bias is this?

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3. Readers of papers judge first page stories to be more significant than those buried in the back. Television and radio newscasts run the most important stories first and leave the less significant for later.  This is an example of what kind of bias?

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4. Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates confirmation bias?

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Confirmation bias is the tendency to seek out, interpret, and favor information that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses. In this scenario, the researcher's bias leads them to disregard or downplay data that challenges their hypothesis, potentially skewing the research findings.

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5. Companies and public relations directors supply news outlets with puffpieces through news releases, photos or videos. Often news outlets depend on pseudo-events (demonstrations, sit-ins, ribbon cuttings, speeches and ceremonies) that take place mainly to gain news coverage.  What type of bias is this?

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News media often use labels and titles to describe people, places, and...
To make a disaster seem more spectacular (and therefore worthy of...
Readers of papers judge first page stories to be more significant than...
Which of the following scenarios BEST illustrates confirmation bias?
Companies and public relations directors supply news outlets with...
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