Egocentric bias

In today’s society, the idea of media bias seems to be something heedless. No matter what resource we look at, there’s bound to be bias. Whether it’s from the news like CNN, the internet, or if you’re pretty old school, the newspaper. Even the magazines we read in the bathroom contain bias. You can immediately tell if something is bias or not by just the source itself. For example, the idea of arming teachers today seems to be an idea that’s preposterous to some people but to others it’s an idea…

Cognitive bias is a limitation in objective thinking that is caused by the tendency for the human brain to perceive information through a filter of personal experience and preferences. Cognitive biases are often a result of an attempt to simplify information processing. Psychologists Daniel Kahneman, Paul Slovic, and Amos Tversky introduced the concept of psychological bias in the early 1970s. They published their findings in their 1982 book, "Judgment Under Uncertainty." Becuase of the sheer…

Judgement in Crisis Situation This Harvard Business School simulation focuses on the ability to make decisions under pressure. In this simulation, students played the role of a Product Manager at Matterhorn Health dealing with reported high inaccuracy rates in Matterhorn’s newest blood glucose monitor, the GlucoGauge. The GlucoGauge underwent three years in Research and Development and was the company’s most expensive product development to date. While the products performed well in field tests,…

Laughing Away the Tension: Humor’s Effect on Dissonance in Advertising We live in a digital age. Communication is becoming increasingly more prominent on electronic mediums. The average American prefers texting to face-to-face communication (Shropshire, 2015). With the increase of electronic communication, there is an increase in digital marketing and advertisements. According to an eMarketer Report, of the roughly $158 billion spent on advertising in the US in 2015, nearly $125 billion was…

A. AG: It’s safe to assume that everyone in this classroom has looked at some form of news at some point in your life, according to an article written by the MintPress News, 60% of information reported by Fox News in 2015 was false. 1. Aaron Blake, a writer for the Washington Post, stated that people only watch reported news that agrees with their political beliefs. 2. Meaning that the majority of news audiences are subjectively one-sided and don’t get both sides of the story, only the…

Know how media has an impact on our society nowadays, how media underestimates people’s mentalities, why they tend to use a variety of methods of fabrication to deliver the wrong message to the world, as well as why sometimes the truth is not being revealed to us. 1) What is the impact of media on our society nowadays? 2) Do all media channels and websites tell the truth in today’s world? If not, why do they hide the truth? 3) What kind of misinformation do media spread? 4) Do media ac 5)…

A day in the life This week in class, I learned a multitude of new things including how to write this paper. Throughout my paper, we will explore all the new things I have learned through becoming a new college student, my first week of classes and reading the chapters from the introduction to psychology textbook. The start of a new journey Monday, November 21st was my first day as a new college student, I had no idea what to expect and living a little over forty-five minutes away, with class…

The results are shown in the form of biases (GMI-CRTM TBs) before (unadjusted) and after (adjusted) applying the RARMA algorithm. The bias histograms seem to appear more similar to a Gaussian distribution in the figure. Eventually, bias exists for all of the GMI channels. Comparatively, a small bias is seen on channel 12, which is in the water vapor absorption line (183.31±3 GHz). One can see that the peak of the distribution for all channels has come closer to zero…

Do politics influence the media? Or does the media influence politics? Throughout the history of the United States, the relationship between the mass media and political interests has been controversial. Stephan Halper, author of "Big Problems, Big Ideas," claims that the intertwined relationship between the mass media and political interests cause manufactured crisis narratives to drown out the recommendations of Congress and other institutions designed to inform the masses, "the rational…

Politician and American Journalist, Clare Luce, delivered a speech at the Women's National Club. The guest of honor, Luce publicly expresses her gratitude and excitement towards the American Press. Luce emphasizes the tone of excitement to criticize how journalists provide on article with what the public desires. Luce prepares to continue the speech with, "I stand here at this rostrum invited to throw rocks at you." Luce adopts an excited and criticizing tone towards the audience of journalists…