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    Un-bias news source: is there such a thing? Today‚ it seems as if every major news network is being labeled as bias. In addition‚ news organizations and corporations are constantly jumping through hoops to deem their selves worthy of reporting honest‚ un-bias news. The more trust they earn‚ the more ratings they get. For instance‚ one of the most popular names in news‚ CNN‚ has been trying to hold true to their slogan‚ “The Most Trusted Name in News” for decades. Despite their efforts to promote

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    Analysis Of Heuristic Methods: The Influence of Cognitive Heuristics and Associated Bias On Rational Decision Making The following essay attempts to analyze the influence of heuristics‚ specific strategies or shortcuts to speed thought using readily available information and perceptions to speed decision making‚ and the influence of bias emanating from the use of these heuristic methods that move us from accurate rational decision making‚ to non-optimal decision making. The concept of heuristics

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    Is the Death Penalty Biased? Have you ever noticed how the majority of the U.S. population is in favor of the death penalty when it comes to murderers‚ abusers and child molesters‚ but as soon as its someone they know or love sentenced suddenly they claim “it’s too harsh!” or “They would never do that!” and then they’re against using the death penalty? There are certainly specific crimes that deserve the death penalty but sentencing those convicted of unforgivable crimes is just giving them an

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    Media has helped me be more aware of some of the issues worldwide. Social media today is one of the most instant forms of communication and it allows us to be connected to so many different communities. This eliminates any separation you could have from knowing current events at any time and place in the world As a citizen‚ I feel that I am informed on world issues based on the media I access. I think that media has made some people biased. Their political views have been tainted because of who

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    Assignment: Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The speech of Kane campaigning for Governor is full of bias. The bias starts from the opening seconds of the movie clip and continued through the speech. The man in the beginning of the movie clip demonstrated a bias in favor of Kane becoming Governor. These biases are created by labeling Charles Kane as a “friend of the working man” who is an ally of the under paid and under fed. This same Kane campaigner offers up a negative bias towards

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    Name: Research Question: What impact does gender bias have on promotion to a leadership role in organizations? References: Acker‚ Joan. (2006). Inequality regimes: Gender‚ class‚ and race in organizations. Gender and Society‚ 20‚ 441-464. doi: 10.1177/0891234206289499 (This article was found in JSTOR Arts & Sciences II.) Bernardi‚ R.‚ & Guptill‚ S. (2008). Social desirability response bias‚ gender‚ and factors influencing organizational commitment: An international study. Journal of Business

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    How Bias Influences Critical Thinking CRT/205 7/21/2013 I suggested a friend of mine who I’d known for 10 years apply for a position where I work. In the beginning everything seemed to be working out. Then the management team decided to switch our supervisor and hire people who supported their “new vision”. 6 months into the job my friend received a good review and a raise. Three weeks later she was fired. The first thing I thought was there is something not right here . She had never been given

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    Implicit and Explicit Measures of Weight Bias Renee Szostak Abstract In the present study‚ the results of the fat-thin Implicit Association Test (IAT) were compared with the results of explicit surveys in ten Indiana University undergraduates. The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant correlation between subjects’ results on the IAT and their responses in the explicit survey. Our survey was designed to measure the same bias that the IAT was measuring. We hypothesized

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    The Place of a Researcher: Subjectivity in Social Research Christine Crowe Submission for a Senior Honors Thesis April 15‚ 2014 -1- CONTENTS I. Introduction II. 3 Section One: Bias 7 a. Personal Bias in Sociology 7 b. My Subjective and Objective Research Experience c. Standpoint Theory 25 Section Two: Identity 28 a. Roles and Identity III. 21 d. My Standpoint 28 b. Gender 34 c. Socioeconomic status IV. 14 37 Section Three:

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    Paragraph on Advertisement’s Gender Bias LINK FOR ADVERTISEMENT (YOUTUBE) – CLICK HERE A TV advertisement for Hasbro’s Rose Petal Cottage shows completely the gender bias on women‚ giving a pattern for young girls to follow. First of all‚ we can see that the girl from the ad is wearing baby pink‚ which implies that little girls should always wear pink and light colors‚ different from boys‚ who can’t even think of pink. When we move around the 12 first seconds of the video‚ we can also see that

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