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News Media Bingo

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Selection Bias:

• Framing: Choosing specific information or details to highlight a particular narrative, often neglecting alternative perspectives.
• Omission: Leaving out relevant information that contradicts the chosen narrative or weakens the desired impact.
• Saliency bias/ Sensationalism: Focusing on sensational or dramatic events, neglecting more mundane but equally important occurrences. Omission of Source Attribution stating that a critic says something without letting the audience know any other information makes it sounds like you have a source, but audience has no way of checking the information for themselves.

Confirmation Bias:

• Coverage Bias: Focusing on stories that confirm established narratives or cater to audience expectations or reporting only negative news about one party or ideology.
• Ignoring contradictory evidence: Downplaying or dismissing information that challenges the preferred viewpoint.
• Source selection: Choosing sources that support the reporter's already-formed opinion.
• Unsubstantiated Claims: Statements that appear to be fact, but do not include specific evidence, are a key indication of this type of media bias.
• Flawed logic can involve jumping to conclusions or arriving at a conclusion that doesn’t follow from the premise.

Language Bias:

• Word choice: Using loaded language (e.g., "hero," "villain") to shape reader perception of people or events.
• Metaphors and analogies: Comparing situations to evoke specific emotions or associations, often favoring one side over the other.
• Clickbait/Headlining: Headlines often condense complex stories into biased summaries, influencing interpretation before readers delve deeper.

Ideological Bias:

• Political leanings: News outlets, journalists, and even individuals can harbor specific political leanings, which may influence their selection and presentation of information.
• Corporate interests: In media owned by corporations, financial priorities and relationships might subtly influence news coverage.
• Cultural norms and values: Societal biases on race, gender, class, etc., can unconsciously influence how journalists perceive and report on events.
• Stereotyping: This bias can be used to understand groups and situations which are not a regular part of our lives. However, classifying and categorizing people or events can affect that way in which a story is perceived.