Media Literacy and Bias Information Online
Today I have read a very interesting article that was about bias information on the internet. Before that I read two opinion pieces which both spoke about media literacy, digital literacy and how people have received many bias information from the internet.
The first opinion piece had Mike Caufield’s SIFT model that
helps increase your media literacy:
- Stop
- Investigate the source
- Find a trust source to verify
- Trace claims, quotes, and media back to the original text.
The second opinion piece contained the seven key components
of digital literacy:
- Critical Thinking
- Online Safety Skills
- Digital Culture
- Collaboration and Creativity
- Finding Information.
- Communication and Netiquette
- Functional Skills
People with devoted viewpoints may see news content as biased against their side, even when it is deemed unbiased by neutral audience. This may contribute to increasing levels of political division as people seek out news from sources that match their beliefs. 75% of Americans think that news sources are biased and tend to raise one political position over another.
National Media Literacy (NML) aims to engage with the
multifaced role of news in the American society. NML efforts must grab with
news production and consumption issues that are at times in tension. They must adopt
suspicious news consumers, who understand the goals behind news production,
without making inappropriate mistrust.
Bias is a conscious twist on the part of a journalist, but
it is difficult for readers/watchers to recognize when this shows up. Personal
bias is 'perhaps one of the most rebellious barriers for news customers to
overcome'. The study in this article explores news habits, ideas of personal
and news bias, and NML to explain how these areas cross with news usage.
People were asked about their news media bias questionnaires
(NML), trust in news and bias in news stories, and personal worldviews. The NML
phase of the interview focused on meanings of the term 'news media literacy'
and related notions (e.g. bias) and how these ideas interact with each other to
form a one’s view of the news.
The interview itself can be considered a form of NML interference,
in which people are exposed to NML ideas and then asked to apply these ideas to
a related duty. Researchers read the reports to uncover themes and they were
determined through an repeated process.
Everybody who has been part in this study recognized that
their viewpoints influenced their explanation of news stories. One participant
believed his personal views influence largely his understanding of news.
The people that took part of the interview have had complex
views about news bias and who or what contributes to bias in stories. Most
people in the interview said they stopped reading, ignored the stories, or got
angry, but do not seek out more news or information.
One group said they rely on advice about the news opening or
journalist to detect bias information. Fifteen participants mentioned
journalists, editors, producers, news ownership, or organizations as
responsible for bias information in news.
Hi Liv, I just read your blog and it was really interesting. I really liked the theme and colours you chose for your blog. very cute. I also liked that you added a few pictures to break up your writing, this was a nice touch, I would like to hear more of your own opinion in you blog rather than just your findings, I think this would make your blogs that bit better. Overall your blog was great, it gave me lots of ideas on how to better my own! Keep up the good work and cant wait to read more of your blogs.
ReplyDeleteI thank you for your comment. I will most curtainly keep in mind to include more of my own thoughts rather than just the information that I have found
DeleteHi Liv, I really enjoyed reading your blog on “Media Literacy and Biased Information”, I thought it was very interesting. I can see that you really took in a lot of the information from the articles you had read. I would’ve liked you to share where you got these articles from by using reference however you did a lovely job on your writing and how you laid out your blog was nice and entertaining for the reader, especially the use of images.
DeleteI learned a lot from your blog on Mike Caufield’s SIFT model (Stop, Investigate the source, find a trust source to verify, and Trace claims, quotes etc.) and how it helps increase media literacy which I think we could all learn from. I also like how you highlighted them to remind the reader of them, so well done.
For me, I think I would've liked if you had given more of your own personal opinion on these facts just to give the reader an insight on what you think of it all. Other than that great work.
Liv, I liked reading your blog on Media Literacy and Bias Information Online. I found it really informative. I like the way you made it clearer by paraphrasing the speakers. As you explained it the subject can be complex and sounding very serious, therefore easy to be manipulated and distorted through the media. By using formal language as you called it to show how serious it is. I would have liked to read more about your own thoughts and opinions, maybe by developing a couple of points on the subject. May be an elaboration on the traditional media merging with the more advanced one as we know it nowadays.
ReplyDeleteI would have added the links to refer to the videos and articles you read as I find that subject quite interesting and you gave me an insight into it that I personally would like to explore further.
All in all you did a good job and look further reading your posts, as they give me inspiration for my further education. I like your choice of pictures too.