Monday, November 13th - Summative Assessment

Bias by Ommission

"Media Bias" is the bias within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. Which of the following types of media bias involves leaving one side out of an article, or a series of articles over a period of time or ignoring facts that tend to disprove or support liberal or conservative claims?

Post-truth Post-fact

"_________________" (two words) refers to people in the present-day accepting an argument based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts. In other words, shared, objective standards for truth have disappeared.

Filter Bubble

According to Eli Pariser, people get trapped in a "_____________" (two words) which doesn't expose them to information that could challenge or broaden their worldview."

True

According to some scholars, the mass communication media of the U.S. are effective and powerful ideological institutions that carry out a propaganda model of communication . True or False?

Ideology ideology

An _______________ is an organized collection of assumptions, beliefs, ideas, values, and opinions concerning life, society, economics and politics. This same term can also be thought of as a 'worldview'.

paradigm Paradigm

As an English language idiom, a "________________ shift" is a fundamental change in an individual's or a society's view of how things work in the world and/or a significant transition from one way of thinking or perspective to another.

Epistemic Bubble

Epistemic means of or relating to knowledge or the conditions for acquiring it, like the journey to find new sources of truth. Which of the following is a social epistemic structure in which other relevant voices have been left out, perhaps accidentally.

True

Everyone is biased — and that's okay. There's no such thing as unbiased news. But hidden media bias misleads, manipulates and divides us. True or False?

Misinformation

Fake News" are those news stories that are false: the story itself is fabricated, with no verifiable facts, sources or quotes. "Fake news" exists within a large ecosystem of misinformation and disinformation. Which of the following is false, misleading, or out-of-context information shared without an intent to deceive people.

The Media

Ideological management refers to the creation and distribution of knowledge in society. Which of the following "ideological managers" continues to influence us throughout our lives especially because of the internet and filter bubbles?

Echo Chamber

Which of the following is a social epistemic structure from which other relevant voices have been actively excluded and discredited? In other words, people have been brought to systematically distrust all outside sources.

Disinformation

Which of the following is purposefully false or misleading content shared with an intent to deceive and cause harm.

Epistemic Closure

Which of the following means holding fast to beliefs that are rooted in a false and insular reality despite their being outside evidence to the contrary.

Bias by Story Selection

Which of the following types of media bias involves the pattern of highlighting news stories that coincide with the agenda of either the Left or the Right, while ignoring stories that coincide with the opposing view.

Bias by Spin

Which of the following types of media bias occurs when the story has only one interpretation of an event or policy, to the exclusion of the other, or when a reporter's subjective comments about objective facts that makes one side's ideological perspective look better than another?

Algorithms algorithms

With regards to social media platforms like X (Twitter) and Facebook, what feeds people information that already supports their political views, as well as creating the conditions for people to be more susceptible to falsehoods and conspiracy theories? (Hint: the word starts with the letter "A")

Indentity

_____________ politics is when people of a particular race, ethnicity, gender, or religion form alliances and organize politically to defend their group's interests