Detecting Bias Mrs. Caneva Librarian

Welcome!! Goals: Students will be able to… analyze a text for bias. Please use a marker to put your name on a name tent. This will help Mrs. Caneva know you a little bit. Goals: Students will be able to… analyze a text for bias. use the databases effectively to research.

Quickwrite Take about 5 minutes to write answers to the following questions. What does it mean to have a bias? Explain in your own words. How do people become biased? Explain. What biases do you hold?

Detecting Bias Graphic organizer PAUSE We forget to pause before we take something as truth Faster news cycle Personal News feeds Trust published works when we shouldn’t

P….Point of view First and Second Person Third person Contains the words I and You Most likely an opinion Could also be a personal experience Contains a ton of bias, but doesn’t mean it’s not true. Third person Never ventures into I, you, me, us, we (except in quoted evidence) Usually a news story Doesn’t mean it’s true

A…Author Who wrote this piece? Google Search them Autobiographical information on the site or at the bottom of the page.

U--URL .com .org .edu Company, commercial biased but doesn’t mean it’s not true .org Organization Biased .edu Educational sites Cuts in funding, bias (public, private, persuasive)

U—URL (continued) .gov .net Government Bias, trust, funding Network Internet provider bias

S-Source Seems obvious…but check the source! Type of publication Section About Us

E-Evidence What types of Evidence are being presented? Who is quoted? (what is their stature) Experience Logos Both can contain bias