How bias is your media? And if at all‚ can you determine to what degree and in what direction of the spectrum? That is the question that economists‚ political analysts and the American public have been trying to answer for years. The two articles that I analyzed are in response to studies‚ and a subsequent book‚ written by Tim Groseclose called Left Turn: How liberal Media Bias Distorts the American Mind. Both articles review the findings of Groseclose’s book‚ but do so in very different ways. The
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Response Paper 2 1. How would you explain the similarities and differences between fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias to someone who was not familiar with the two concepts? Fundamental attribution error and self-serving bias are similar in that they both are errors made using perception. Fundamental attribution error deals with wrongly explaining a behavior based on some factors that are internal. It can also be explained as over exaggerating a reason behind a person’s behavior or
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Jessica Raposo October 9‚ 2012 Human Roots and Societies China: A Gender Bias Country Son preference has existed among most Chinese parents for centuries. Across thousands of years of Chinese history‚ Confucianism has served as an officially supported patriarchal belief that has deemed women inferior to men and has limited the role of women to their households. Women were understood to belong to their families before marriage and thus were required to be obedient to their fathers or elder
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Implicit Bias is an initial personal judgment imposed upon another person based on the internal biases imbedded in ones subconscious mind. This can be a problem in society because people often make improper judgments of another person based on an impression that may not be correct. This can impact society in a number of negative ways‚ but specifically it can lead to prejudice‚ marking ones social status‚ and judgments about an individuals intelligence based on a first impression. The IAT that
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Advertising BIAS Marketing and advertising companies are constantly playing on gender roles and stereotypes. Both men and women are portrayed in certain ways to help make products seem more attractive to the same or opposite sex. Men are pictured as lazy‚ dumb slobs while women are pictured as gentle‚ beautiful‚ sexual‚ and submissive. In children’s ads‚ boys are shown as rough and interested in action games while girls are more quiet and interested in dolls. Though these stereotypes are not always
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Alexus Neal April 15‚ 2013 English 101 The Devices of Advertising In his essay “With These Words I Can Sell You Anything” William Lutz informs readers about devices companies use to get people to buy their product. He explains many devices and techniques used in ads or commercials and how each of them work. There are many devices explained but there are 7 devices that are used most frequently. A dramatic claim uses a word and presents a dramatic claim after. Meaningless words are verbs that make
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Cameron Barr HUM/111 Detecting Media Bias May 19‚ 2013 For this assignment‚ I used Yahoo as my search engine to come across an article that tells about the IRS current tea party scandal and how Barrack Obama is not involved in it. The article was not clear‚ in my opinion‚ because it failed to give me a complete view or enough information on what exactly is going on. I had to look elsewhere to figure out what exactly this scandal is. However‚ the article was accurate because some of the fact
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reinstated capital punishment‚ 5‚569 total death sentences have been given out by courts‚ 112 to women. Of these 112‚ only one has been executed‚ compared with 301 men. Leigh Beinen‚ a Northwestern University law professor who studies the gender bias in capital cases nationwide‚ thinks the reason so few women face execution has to do with the symbolism that’s central to the death penalty. She said‚ "Capital punishment is about portraying people as devils‚ but women are usually seen as less threatening
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the Chinese that he thought would not be any good at soccer are actually better than him in terms of control and foot skills. Luke says he has never been more uncomfortable around a soccer ball as he was while in China. Luke is experiencing in-group bias when he identifies himself with the U.S. pro soccer players and sees all the Chinese as being equal to their pro soccer
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Prosthetic Devices A prosthetic is an artificial body part that replaces a missing or non-functioning body part such as an arm‚ heart or breast. Humans have been making prosthetic limbs since the Ancient Egyptians to replace limbs lost during battle‚ work or just by mistake. Evidence has been found of Egyptians trying to replicate toes with copper ones. Although these were very impractical as they were solid and so were mostly for aesthetic purposes. In the 1400s‚ prosthetics arms made out of
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