Media Bias

Media Bias

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What is bias?

Favoring one side, position, or belief – being partial, prejudiced.

What is propaganda?

A systematic effort to influence people's opinions; to win them to a certain side or view.

Open Ended

Consider these two sentences in a news story:

1. “A crowd of more than 900 attended the protest.” (Positive Bias)

2. “Fewer than 1,000 showed up to protest.” (Negative Bias)

How would you say this in a neutral (unbiased) way?

Every news story is affected by the:

thoughts

opinions

background



of these people:

interviewer

reporter

photographer

editor

Open Ended

The pictures on the previous slides are of the same man, but they present 2 different perspectives of him. Why would a news station use the set of pictures where the man looks crazy? How do they want their viewers to feel about the man?

Open Ended

What is the bias about politics where you live?

Multiple Choice

Which news medium would you take most seriously?

• A post on Facebook.

• A TikTok video.

• A news article from CNN.

Open Ended

Why is it important to consider where a message in the media comes from? (Who is publishing it, why they are publishing it, what they want you to think about it.)

Open Ended

When you are reading/hearing about something that has happened recently, do you think that your bias typically matches that of the source where you first got the information?