Welcome to Tech Essentials’ 2nd installment of our thought exercise on media bias. (This relates to “Tech Essentials” as many are viewing their “news” through online “opinion” blogs). If you recall from last week, we were outlining tactics (mentioned in this article) that leverage bias to get your attention through online media distribution, tactics which often translate to ad revenue growth.
This week, we cover mind reading, bias by omission, flawed logic and the lowest form of all: mudslinging. So here goes…
Tactic: Mind reading, which is fairly self-explanatory, is a bias that occurs when someone assumes they know what another person thinks or thinks that the way they see the world reflects the way the world really is.
Tactic: Bias by omission is where you choose not to include certain datapoints or omit information that would support a potential differing viewpoint. By eliminating the proper context around data, there is potential for manipulation.
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Tactic: Flawed logic or faulty reasoning is a way to misrepresent opinions or to arrive at conclusions that are not justified by the given evidence.
Tactic: Mudslinging needs no lengthy explanation because it’s the lowest common denominator of all of these biases. It is the low ground from where insults and unfair statements are lobbed.
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