Option #1: Media Bias and Propaganda Directions: Using the concepts learned thro

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Option #1: Media Bias and Propaganda Directions: Using the concepts learned through the readings and lecture pages, select a social issue or ethical dilemma in the news. Find three recent articles from three different media sources on the issue and then answer the following questions: *What assumptions do you make about these articles before reading them? How is your mind already “at work”? *What evidence of bias can you find in the articles selected? *What is the point of view expressed (if there is one) by the article? *How do the stories favor privileged views? *What is a peer-reviewed source? What peer-reviewed sources did you find that helped in thinking critically about your issue?

Required readings:

Chapter 12 in Critical thinking: Tools for taking charge of your learning and your life (3rd ed.).

King, G., Pan, J., & Roberts, M. E. (2017). How the Chinese government fabricates social media posts for strategic distraction, not engaged argument. The American Political Science Review, 111(3), 484-501.

Klausen, J. (2015). Tweeting the Jihad: Social media networks of Western foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 38(1), 1-22. Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2014.974948?scroll=top&needAccess=true

Murphy, D. M., & White, J. F. (2007). Propaganda: Can a word decide a war? Parameters, 37(3), 15.

Explanation / Answer

If we are to take the recent news fiasco of Millie Bobby browns accusation of being Homophobic, and her eventual deleted of the Twitter account.

The first assumption if you read one article about her, would be to assume the worst as a clickbaity title at play, to propel viewership, then it proceeds onto making mental connections that are more so casual fallacies than truth about the account.

The evidence bias is mostly with respect to having no evidence, but making claims of her innocence, (Although she is innocent), but the claims are not made on concrete evidence but as opposed to a plea on other irrelevant facts and associations.

Peer reviewed sources are those that have been reviewed by a lot and is given a critical base of thought to verify the sources credibility. Some articles, which are known for their crediblilty can be looked upon, as they use evidence and sufficient factors thst help substantiate the given point and point of view.

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