Critical Sophia

Episode 6: This is Your Brain on News


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Explore the psychology behind how we view the news and which news sites are good sources of information.

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Sources:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/talking-apes/201801/why-do-people-believe-in-conspiracy-theories

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewarnold/2018/02/27/how-to-maintain-critical-thinking-in-the-modern-world-of-new-media/?sh=fb16ab350e5f

https://issuu.com/shawn4walker/docs/satire_and_critical_thinking_-_walk

https://guides.stlcc.edu/fakenews/factchecking

https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/c.php?g=620677&p=4333407

https://research.ewu.edu/journalism/factcheck

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-biased-is-your-news-source-you-probably-wont-agree-with-this-chart-2018-02-28

https://www.adfontesmedia.com/product/media-bias-chart-5-0-downloadable-image-and-standard-license/#iLightbox[]/0

https://library.fvtc.edu/News/BiasCheck

https://techcrunch.com/2020/07/30/study-u-s-adults-who-mostly-rely-on-social-media-for-news-are-less-informed-exposed-to-more-conspiracies/

https://iotechnologies.com/blog/social-media-news

https://www.apa.org/news/apa/2020/02/fake-news

https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/14/eaay9344

https://www.journalism.org/2014/10/21/section-1-media-sources-distinct-favorites-emerge-on-the-left-and-right/





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