What’s going on in this picture?
What do you see that makes you say that?
Can you answer the 5 Ws & H: WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY, & HOW?
Compare what you see with your classmates. How can we all look at the same image and see something completely different?
Psychologists use tests like this in an attempt to examine the personality characteristics and emotional functioning of their patients. 'The ink blot' or 'Rorschach test' is the most famous example. Take the test online.
In journalistic terms how we see the world around us is called 'BIAS.' Every news story is influenced by the attitudes and background of its interviewers, writers, photographers and editors. Not all bias is deliberate. But you can become a more aware news reader or viewer by identifying the following journalistic techniques that allow bias to "creep in" to the news.
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