Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Determining Validity: Identifying Bias

We looked at establishing the legitimacy and reputability of a web site. We also must look at language on websites to determine the bias of the web site. Let's look at the websites we examined yesterday. What is bias, and what words indicate bias in the language of the websites?

The class will discuss their findings of yesterday, and we will examine some of the websites to determine their bias.

What other agencies or organizations or institutions or media outlets do you know of who clearly have a bias? What does "bias" really mean? We can be biased in favor of something, just as we can be biased against it. What biases do we find in our own thinking?

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