Media Bias

Preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience is called

• Brainstorming

• Debate

• Prejudice

• Civil Discourse

Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is called

• Bias

• Disagreement

• Civil Discourse

• Agreement

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

An idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning is called

• Civil Discourse

• Bias

• Connotation

• Disagreement

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Leaving out someone's opinion in an article is called bias by

• Emphasis

• Omission

• Use of language

• Headlines

When the author of an article has a huge influence on how the article is biased it is

• Bias by repetition

• Bias by headline

• Bias by omission

• Bias in the source

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

When both graphs show the same information, but one is altered to mislead the public, it is called

• Bias in numbers and statistics

• Bias by omission

• Bias by emphasis

• Bias by repetition

When the media uses certain words to make people feel a certain way about the report it is called bias by

• Repetition

• Emphasis

• Omission

• Use of language

When media creates a distorted view of the event by sensationalizing what is happening it is bias by

• Repetition

• Omission

• Headlines

• Use of language

When the media puts certain stories on the front page of the newspaper, or show certain news stories first, it is bias by

• Omission

• Emphasis

• Numbers and statistics

• Connotation

When the media repeats the same stories and headlines, it is bias by

• Prejudice

• The source

• Numbers and statistics

• Repetition