Lesson Objectives:
- Compare the differences between news media bias and audience bias
- Identify your own biases, and reflect on how you would work to overcome them.
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Video Introduction:
Stony Brook University School of Journalism Professor Steven Reiner explains how bias sometimes lies with the audience, instead of the news source.
Guiding Questions
- How can a news consumer identify their own biases?
- Have you found yourself afflicted with cognitive dissonance? When? What was the situation?
- How might you fight against your own biases?
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