bias in media examples for high school

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 📰 Selection Bias: 🌍 Choosing stories that support a specific viewpoint.
• 🖋️ Omission Bias: ✏️ Leaving out certain facts or perspectives to skew the narrative.
• 🗣️ Placement Bias: 📍 Giving prominent space to stories that align with a particular agenda.
• 🎭 Spin: 💫 Using subjective language and tone to influence how the reader perceives a story.
• 🙋‍♀️ Bias by Source: 🎤 Relying heavily on sources known to have a specific bias.

Practice Quiz

1. Which type of bias involves choosing stories that support a specific viewpoint?
   1. Selection Bias
   2. Omission Bias
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Bias by Source


2. A news outlet consistently omits information that supports an opposing viewpoint. This is an example of:
   1. Selection Bias
   2. Omission Bias
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Spin


3. A story supporting a particular political candidate is featured prominently on the front page, while a story critical of them is buried. This is an example of:
   1. Selection Bias
   2. Omission Bias
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Spin


4. Using loaded language to create a positive or negative impression of someone or something is an example of:
   1. Selection Bias
   2. Omission Bias
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Spin


5. A news report only interviews members of one political party. This is most clearly an example of:
   1. Omission Bias
   2. Bias by Source
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Spin


6. Imagine a news article that describes a politician as "shrewd" when they make a decision you agree with, but "manipulative" when they make a decision you disagree with. Which type of bias is most evident here?
   1. Selection Bias
   2. Omission Bias
   3. Placement Bias
   4. Spin


7. A news website always frames climate change as a hoax, featuring articles that downplay its effects and highlighting the views of climate change deniers. This is an example of which combination of biases?
   1. Selection bias and spin
   2. Omission bias and placement bias
   3. Placement bias and bias by source
   4. Selection bias and bias by source