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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As Aristotle once said “Beauty‚ is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction” (www.thinkexist.com). The beauty bias is the notion that people who are attractive are usually rewarded socially. The idea of beauty is a socially accepted principle and although this principle has been widely accepted from the beginning of time‚ the standards of beauty have drastically changed from the past. In today’s society‚ there is a large amount of discrimination based on the physical attractiveness
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Identify examples of bias‚ fallacies‚ and specific rhetorical devices in the speech. Political bias: “With one purpose only: to point out and make public the dishonesty‚ the downright villainy‚ of Boss Jim W. Gettys’ political machine—now in complete control of the government of this State!” His opinion of this groups’ work is judgmental. Ad hominen: Kane attacking his Boss Jim Gettys’ political leadership as “the dishonest and downright villainy presented false hopes to the public. Scare tactic:
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Week 2 Knowledge Check Study Guide Concepts Mastery CRITICAL THINKING BARRIERS Score: 9 / 9 Questions 100% 1 2 100% 8 9 3 4 5 6 7 OVERCOMING CRITICAL THINKING BARRIERS Concept: CRITICAL THINKING BARRIERS Mastery 100% Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. What is one of the reasons that enculturation is considered as a barrier to critical thinking? A. Because people vary in degree to which they use their attributes. B. Because our psychological world is shaped by our exposure to
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suffered an eclipse during the early modern period‚ as Aristotelianism fell out of favour in the West. Virtue ethics returned to prominence in Western philosophical thought in the twentieth century‚ and is today one of the three dominant approaches to normative ethics (the other two being deontology and consequentialism).” “A system of virtue ethics‚ having offered an account of the good life‚ then identifies those habits and behaviours that will allow a person to achieve that good life: these habits and
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of those biases is called confirmation bias. According to the text‚ confirmation bias is defined as the tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices and to discount information that contradicts past judgements. In other words‚ individuals favor information that confirms previously existing beliefs or biases‚ despite attaining information that challenges the assumption(s). Moreover‚ individuals are more likely to agree with a confirmation bias when a person is strongly opinionated and/or
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Ethics is a branch of philosophy dealing with right and wrong. According to Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ the definition is ¹"the discipline dealing with what is good and bad and with moral duty and obligation." To understand the Deontological and Teleological separations it is necessary to understand what ethics is. Obviously as it is a philosophical study‚ there are varying degrees and definitions that can be based simply on ones individual perception of these types. Deontological ethics is
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infoblock_related_categories_title Business and Marketing English Literature Mixed Topics Politics Search Results for ’an ethical dilemma john peters ’ Essays 21 - 40 of 2000 Workplace Ethical Dilemma can intimidate other unsuspecting female co-workers. References Workplace Ethical Dilemmas | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_6981244_workplace... Ethical Dilemma Assignment 1 Ali Tamimi 92200049 1. What is Ed ’s ethical dilemma ? I Believe the definition of ethical is related to
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LGST001 Ethics and Social Responsibility Sears Auto Center Scandal Managing Business Ethics Text (pp.207 - 210) Ethical Decision-making Issue: Should Sears remove its commission-based compensation scheme? Group Stand: The majority of the group believes that Ellen should be removed from the team. Support for Motion: Rawl’s theory/Egalitarianism The underlying inequality is that car owners are paying for repair services they do not require while Sears benefits by earning higher
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* * * * * * Ethical Problems of Gambling * Michele Gioxaris * SOC 120 * Instructor Gerczyk * February 13‚ 2012 Ethical Problems of Gambling Gambling can become a serious addiction and just as serious as alcohol or drug abuse. Some find gambling to be a distraction taking them away from the problems of their everyday life. Many examples of gambling are sports betting and casinos‚ which are illegal in most states‚ horse betting‚ card playing‚ playing
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