7 LA non-fiction

When reading non-fiction, it is important to understand an author's bias. Authors INTENTIONALLY create bias to support the message they are trying to create. Intentional bias is created by:

Some images that demonstrate BIAS

• Leaving information/facts out

  • • • • What a Facebook Post Did Not Say  - Youtube Video of a Newscast

        • Viral Video Doesn't Tell the Whole Story - NY Post Article and Video

• Adding certain images or statistics

• Word choice/tone

  • • • • NY Post: The World's Most Dangerous Sharks and How to Defeat Them

        • Sharks Don't Deserve Their Reputation

• Headlines, captions, subheadings, organization of an article

  • • • • Google Slide Show with many images. Can you create BIASED headlines for these images.

• Placement

Sometimes authors use UNINTENTIONAL BIAS. They don't mean to, but their underlying beliefs, culture or experiences create bias.

• Experience Bias - eg. 6 Blind Men and an Elephant Parable

• Stereotypes - Youtube Stereotypes by State - funny!

• Culture - 

  • • • • Would a Red Sox fan and a Yankees fan see a game in the same way?

        • Do generations see things differently - JFK as a President article

        • NY Times article about how the South views the Civil War