Glossary of Terms
BIAS: noun; prejudice in favor of, or against, a thing, person or group as compared with another.
CONSERVATIVE (RIGHT): adj.; holding to traditional attitudes and values, and cautious about change or innovation, typically in relation to politics or religion.
LIBERAL (LEFT): adj.; open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values.
PARTISAN: adj.; prejudiced in favor of a particular cause.
MAINSTREAM (CENTER): adj.; the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts.
SENSATIONAL: adj.; presenting information in a way that is intended to provoke public interest and excitement, at the expense of accuracy.
AllSides (scroll for more)
Bias is not the same thing as "fake news". Fact-based news stories can be biased. Read a few stories from the website, Allsides, to get a feel for bias. As indicated in the diagram below, arrows point to a symbol under each article that indicates whether the article comes from a source that is considered to be "Center", "Right" or "Left":
INFOGRAPHICS (scroll for more)
This is a private citizen's analysis of the quality & bias of popular news sources. What do you think? Use the Source Evaluation Guide to evaluate articles you find!
These are the results of a public web survey on media habits conducted by Pew Research Center in the spring of 2014. How do the results of this survey compare with the infographic above? With your own experience?
