Bias is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories
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Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories by Erik Bean, Ed.D.
Can you separate fact from fiction in all the information you are exposed to on social media and in the news? You may think so, but that’s a kind of bias as well.
From the politicization of the news media to the spread of false information by well-meaning citizens (and not-so-well-meaning aggressors), there’s a lot at stake for our modern society. But have you considered the stakes for you personally? If you don’t properly assess information bias it could:
- Lead you to follow a false cause
- Leave you feeling foolish
- Tarnish your credibility
- Attract the wrong people
- Create undue stress
- Compromise your values
- Harm your mental health
These undesirable outcomes need not occur once you are able to read between the lines and assess bias. Bias Is All Around You can help you chart a new discourse, one that uses information wisely, with prudence and goodwill.
Erik Bean takes you on a rigorous yet introspective journey to snuff out bias, to understand algorithms that affect internet and social media information, and provide you with simple assessment tools that boost your analytical and critical thinking skills, allowing you to be more confident in using and sharing the information you encounter every day.
Bias Is All Around You also features a foreword written by Tim Vos, Ph.D., Director, School of Journalism, Michigan State University, along with hand-cut paper images by award-winning illustrator Gail Gorske.
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