Detecting Media Bias Teresa Liles HUM/114 December 10‚ 2012 Christopher Page Detecting Media Bias Same-sex marriage has been an on-going battle for many years. California’s opposition to same-sex marriage‚ Proposition 8‚ barely passed in the 2008 election. Same-sex marriage has been a news-worthy topic since 1997 when Hawaii passed a Domestic Partnership policy which triggered other states to change policies as well. This issue started a state-to-state debate of whether same-sex couples should
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How (Un)ethical Are You? Most of people believe that they are ethical and unbiased. They imagine they’re good decision makers‚ able to objectively size up a job candidate or a venture deal and reach a fair and rational conclusion that’s in their‚ and their organization’s‚ best interests. But more than two decades of research confirms that‚ in reality‚ most of them fall woefully short of our inflated self-perception. This article explores four related sources of unintentional unethical decision
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Art can be defined many ways. Webster dictionary defines art as a branch of learning and the conscious use of skill and creative imagination especially in the production of aesthetic objects. As one can see art isn’t just drawing‚ painting‚ sculpting‚ etc. Art is a way of learning creatively‚ so that children can develop into well-rounded human beings. Not only is art fun and entertaining for students of all ages‚ it also has a number of positive effects on these students. Studies have shown that
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this attribute prevalent in humans and naming it the Confirmation-Bias (Klayman‚ 1987). The Confirmation-Bias can be seen in all societies‚ but typically when there is a strong feeling of community and friendship. The film Bernie shows the Confirmation-Bias in action in the small town called Carthage‚ Texas‚ where the community was outraged by the accusation of murder by their most beloved men against a distasteful woman. Influences from communities as well as personal biases will often‚ unconsciously
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Assignment 2: Use Cases Objective Automatic teller machines (ATM) are electronic banking system that allows custom with a debit or credit card to access their account to make some basic transactions such as withdrawal‚ deposit‚ or transfer. Our object is to developed use cases to support the bank ATM service‚ that include all scenario such as customer withdrawing money from an ATM‚ making an account deposit‚ making an account transfer. Identify and discuss any ethical issue maybe
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Afterwards‚ he engulfed the inanimate boulder with his life-giving fire to give it consciousness. “Who are you? Who am I?” said the curious new planet. “I am the Sun‚ your creator and protector. You are my daughter who will one day grow up to take my place as ruler of everything in existence‚” said the Sun to his newborn child. “Well‚ do I have a name?” the naïve child asked. “I shall name you ‘Earth’‚” said the Sun. For many days‚ the cosmos celebrated the birth of their beloved king’s child. Eventually
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In these poems‚ the poets use a range of techniques to present feelings and emotion from the point of the speaker. Ghazal is in the style of a traditional Persian love poem‚ which puts forward powerful imagery and metaphors‚ in an attempt to summarise the emotion of love‚ while In Paris With You is a playful attempt to woo a previous lover in a more informal‚ colloquial way. Ghazal‚ as mentioned before‚ is written like a love poem. However‚ one may consider it an example of role reversal- unusually;
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When I saw Dan Brown’s quote “History is always written by winners”‚ it made me think whether he was correct; is history only written by winners? If so‚ is there bias in history because it is only written by winners? My real life situation is that Taiwanese history textbooks show bias in the information included and the view of the situation included. Whether information should be included in textbooks‚ or if both sides of an event should be included can be seen in a well-known event known as the
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Form of Segregation In the article “Still Separate‚ Still Unequal” written by Jonathan Kozol‚ Kozol expose and expresses his concern of unequal treatment in the schools according to whether they are in an urban or suburban area. Using a series of reasoning and logic techniques‚ he then proves his argument that because of the segregation in schools‚ minorities are not receiving the same education and opportunities as predominantly white schools. Kozol uses statistic‚ one on one interviews with
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process very large amounts of data very quickly. They are particularly useful for occasions where high volumes of calculations need to be performed‚ for example in meteorological or astronomical applications. 1.2 A mainframe computer system uses a powerful central computer‚ linked by cable or telecommunications to terminals. A mainframe has many times more processing power than a PC and offers extensive data storage facilities. Mainframes are used by organisations such as banks that have
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