Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Information Literacy

Detecting Bias in the pro-arming teachers website.

What facts has the author omitted?
Problems that may incur with arming teachers.

What additional information is necessary?
Needs counter arguments.

What words can create positive or negative impressions?
Saying things like "largely ignored by the media" and "an obvious way to solve the problem" makes large assumptions by using slightly stronger language than just presenting facts.

What impression would I have if different words had been used?
Would be left open to make your own assumption rather than being led in one direction with strong language.

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