To start off, the first idea this group talked about is the "the tendency to believe information to be correct after repeated exposure". We sometimes tend to believe repeated false news that is so ridiculous and untrue and we are not quite sure why we believe it in the first place. The example that they talked about was Donald Trump and "fake news" that surrounds his presidency and then they explained the evaluation of the validity of fake news.
The next term was Confirmation Bias which occurs when an individual looks for and uses information and ideas to support their belief or when we really want certain ideas to be true. After researching on my own examples of confirmation bias I found that it is when two people have very different or opposing opinions, based on their beliefs, that are related to the same subject.
After talking about confirmation bias, the class learned what Gatekeeping is. Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered. This means gatekeeping is another way of surveilling and monitoring information and data individuals have.
Agenda Setting describes a powerful influence of the media and the ability to tell us what issues are important and which are not. This tends to be common in political campaigns because the media may not be effective in swaying public support towards or against a particular issue or candidate.
After talking about confirmation bias, the class learned what Gatekeeping is. Gatekeeping is the process through which information is filtered. This means gatekeeping is another way of surveilling and monitoring information and data individuals have.
Agenda Setting describes a powerful influence of the media and the ability to tell us what issues are important and which are not. This tends to be common in political campaigns because the media may not be effective in swaying public support towards or against a particular issue or candidate.
Next was Overton Window which is a spectrum of ideas on political issues that the public can understand and agree on. An example that this group had talked about is Gay marriage. They said that an idea like this will never happen or become legal but the window of people for or against gay marriage shifts and changes with every political person in power.
Lastly group number four talked about the Spiral of Silence. This is made up of three components - 1. Your “Sixth Sense” 2. Fear of Social Isolation 3. Hesitant to Express.
Pretty much every term and theory this group talked about was new to me and I enjoyed listening to their presentation and learning new things along the way.
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