Mind On Media

Episode 2: Confirmation Bias

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Join the convo with AOC as we break down the concept of confirmation bias, why it matters, and how we, as media consumers, can work to consciously offset our own bias tendencies.

A few good Sources:

Don’t Let Confirmation Bias Narrow Your Perspective

Why Do Our Brains Love Fake News?

Definition of Confirmation Bias (via the News Literacy Project) - The tendency to search for, interpret, and recall information that supports what we already believe.

Guiding Questions:

  1. In what ways does confirmation bias affect us? (Where have you witnessed/experienced it within yourself, or others, on social media, in workplaces, during the pandemic, etc.
  2. What are some ways that we can work to uncover and “deprogram” our own confirmation bias?

    3. You can find out more info about AOC, all things media production and media literacy, on our website at aocinc.org. We hope you join us again for more conscious conservations. Until next time,

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