Please choose ONE of the options below for your initial post. Option #4: Media and Bias The media we consume affects us, but we also affect it. Most people think that they perceive truth objectively, as it is. However, we all see things from a point of view and people tend to seek media that supports their points of view. This can serve to further entrench us in a more narrow way of looking at things while at the same time making us feel more certain that our point of view is objective and neutral. We also learned in Chapter 8 that people have biases (such as the confirmation bias) that make it hard for them to embrace ideas that contradict with their own points of view. This weeks discussion seeks to explore how we can free ourselves from these tendencies. Prepare: Read Section 8.3 in the course text on Media and Mediated Information, as well as Section 8.1, paying special attention to the section about confirmation bias. Then watch Critical Thinking on LIVING SMART (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4-XVZ7GQD8) about the relationship between media and ideology. Reflect: Think about the ways in which people consume media that supports their own points of view. Write: Express your thoughts on the following questions: To what degree and in what ways are people manipulated by the media that they consume? Make sure to give specific examples. What types of consequences can follow from people having more choices of what media they can consume? Do we control our media or does it control us? What can people do to break free from media hypnosis and have broader, more objective points of view? In what ways might we strive to overcome confirmation bias? Address anything else that you find relevant and interesting in the chapter and video. Option #5: Car Salesman/The Graduate/Bias in media or life source. Prepare: Prior to answering this weeks discussion, make sure you have read Chapter 8 and Complete this weeks scenarios: -Buying a Car (https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/38d80e6c-2422-436e-b99b-0d458a340dc3/1/BuyingaCarScenario.zip/story.html): This scenario will introduce you to evaluating arguments. -The Graduate (https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/1e7aa7ea-801b-4b47-a55e-c8cf6597af26/1/GraduateScenario.zip/story.html): This scenario will present several arguments and demonstrate how arguments appear in daily life and can be broken down into premise and conclusion form. Reflect: As you worked through the scenarios, it probably occurred to you that the arguments you were presented with were likely to be biased. You may have noticed the use of rhetorical devices or even fallacies. On your own, find an example of an argument from a media source and evaluate it on the basis on this weeks readings. You will be addressing this source for this discussion. Remember that the goal of this discussion is not to agree or disagree with the argument, but to examine ways in which the argument is affected by fallacies, biases, and other potential problems. It will be helpful for you to use the specific concepts from your textbook in completing this discussion. In other words, if you think that an argument has a bias, fallacy, or other defect, its up to you to say which bias or fallacy it is. Write: Address the following and reference specific concepts from this weeks assigned readings: ? Include a link or bibliographical information for the source in your discussion post. ? Determine the issue that is being discussed and the conclusion that is drawn on that issue. ? Explain any biases or fallacies you find in the source and discuss the source of those biases with specific reference to the textbook or other sources on cognitive biases. ? Identify any rhetorical devices that may be used to influence your perception of the argument. ? Discuss the credibility of the source of the argument.
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