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When I first opened the document I thought that it was somewhat long but I liked how it was a comic reading. The reading was pretty easy to follow and went pretty quickly because it was in the form of a comic. The thing I liked about the reading is that it had real world facts so we could relate with the reading. When I read this I thought I knew all about bias but reading this I had learned more about it. I found it pretty interesting about all the different types of bias listed in the reading with descriptions of all of them. I did not know anything about access bias so when I was reading it I found it interesting that journalist use this type of bias. I believe the most bias that people fall into is the visual and the narrative bias. The reason I believe that is because if someone can see it with their own eyes and hear it with their own ears it is easier for them to be more bias in that way. We see a lot of things on social media that is bias but we fall into their trap to become a visual bias person. Even when we watch the news a lot of the times the person telling us the story can be bias and we tend to sway to their side because we only know one side. When reading this I did not know about fairness bias. I did not know something like that existed. Overall, I think this was a good reading. Even though it was some what long I think it got its point across. I learned more about biases that I did not know about. The fact that it was in a comic was nice because it was easy to read and it just flowed. It did not feel like I was reading out of the textbook.
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I agree that it is a fast read and I like the style of comics too! They are easy to read for the audience and convey a lot of important information. I really liked when they were talking about different kinds of bias and had a little chart to show it on page 63 with the chart and boat leaning towards socialism. The different biases were interesting – I already was aware of some of the biases but I liked Gladstone’s depth on them. I agree that most biases fall under narrative and visual. Most people do not question a story or notice how open-ended it is and people tend not to question what they can see with their own eyes. With news stories, I never question why there is seldom closure with it reported. The news just wants to do just that – stay “new”. I think this article appealed to English classes as an audience and I definitely fell into that audience. I liked it because overall it was an easy and understandable read.
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Right off the bat I like how this reading was a comic format. It definitely makes it easier to read and follow along with the topic. I enjoy seeing the pictures and putting meaning to the text based off the pictures. Most comics like this are short and right to the point which is very convenient for the readers. Throughout this reading, they discussed various forms of bias that I had no idea they even existed. Gladstone went into depth when describing the different types of biases and the definitions of each one were very clear in the reading. Personally I think the most common form of bias is the visual one. Many people are drawn to news articles and readings simply with pictures on them. I agree with Ashley when it comes to social media. Social media can play a huge role with biased information because it’s very easy to advertise or post something and it’s amazing the different ways people can be attracted to the post or reading. A lot of people most likely pay attention to the visualizations. I think this article is mainly for any English classes and I enjoyed this article. Like I mentioned previously, I think the pictures and visuals helped me understand the reading a little bit more. I liked the topic of this reading because I learned things about biases that I didn’t know before. This was a very easy read for me.
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I personally have mixed feelings on the comics. I like how they are easy to read, are entertaining and pleasing to the eye, but I find it hard to stay focused on the topic and I feel distracted. I also feel like I don’t always make the connections the author is implying. Ashley, I also never knew there are different types of bias, I just thought bias meant that something is one sided. I feel like I learned a lot about biases and was actually able to recall the different tactics journalist use in their stories on the news. Kira, I also really enjoyed the visualization of the chart and the example Gladstone used about the presidents to explain bias. I feel like many journalists used bad bias when covering wars or terrorism, and in matter of fact most journalist use all the types of bias in daily news reports.
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I feel like most of us can agree Gladstone’s form of writing is very appealing to us. She uses lots of visuals with typically less words on the page. This makes it easier for us to stay focus and interested. For me, I will never complain about reading Gladstone’s work. My only complaint which I don’t think is really her fault is I sometimes don’t understand what she is saying. There may be a speech bubble of an old quote or a uncommon word that throws me off. I can always see the big picture of her work but ready page to page, I sometimes get a little lost. Still though, not complaining! I really like her work. For example. the poem of page 59 threw me off a bit. It’s really not her fault though because it is not her words. Maybe she could have gone into more detail about what she was getting at, but maybe it is just me and others understand it.
Besides that, I really liked this piece. She went over all the different types of bias that reporters can have which is very interesting. Typically when I think of bias I think of someone preferring one side over another so they portray the news to support their side. While this is true, it gets more specific and deeper than that. I never knew about narrative bias, Access bias, fairness bias, etc. -
I loved this piece because it showed all of the real biases in the media while, at the same time, showing that the bias that we usually think of in the media such as political bias are not what really happens. Gladstone mentioned that the media is biased against Presidents and it tends to ignore those on the far left and quote far more conservatives than liberals. I find it funny that she says this because many far-right talk show hosts would definitely tend to disagree, but then they might be just trying to sway listeners to their side. This piece is also very interesting because, like some of you guys, I had not known about any of these biases before I read this article. Out of all of the biases we read about, I think access bias is the most dangerous because the description of it mentioned how easily we can be deceived by it and that is kind of scary. I think that unless we are trying to preserve the person’s sense of security and safety, maybe the press should have to disclose the person’s identity. The other thing about this that is scary, but interesting as to why it happened was the McCain bus section where McCain is substantially moderate during his 2000 campaign, but he then turns farther right when he lost in 2008 because he changed his beliefs even though his initial beliefs were more ethical.
The most ironic part of this piece is about the marines and the dismantling of the Saddam Hussein’s statue. After the marines had gotten the civilians to help pull the statue down, one marine put up an American flag on Saddam Hussein’s face. Of course, as Gladstone says it was immediately taken down because they did not want to look like an occupying force. To me the fact that the American flag had gone up on the statue’s face in the first place showed that they felt like an occupying force the whole time the U.S. military was there. That one tiny action shows the major mistake that the United States made in starting the Iraq war under false pretenses.
Brooke Gladstone is a great writer and she gets her point across very accurately. She does this whether her point is about this issue of biases or the issue of trust in the polls and she does it through her graphic novel’s illustrations along with a minimal amount of text. When our English class is assigned a group reading and discussion like we are doing right now, it seems like a major part of our responses can be predicted if we have Gladstone’s The Influencing Machine as the assigned reading. A lot of the time when we have Gladstone we talk about how easy it is to read and how comics are better than text. It seems to me like we love to have easier reads and they are somewhat of a necessity to us. The disadvantage to that is that when we go out into the working world we are going to have to read mostly, if not all text-based readings. Is it because of our iPhones and our distracting devices that we cannot focus on words for long? I agree with most of you who say that this was easier to read, but shouldn’t we be more prepared for when graphic novels are not an option?
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I also enjoyed this read because it was a comic. This makes it more interesting to read because we have visuals to look at while we are reading. The overal topic of this reading was interesting to me and I learned a lot. Many times I’ve heard the word bias and what it means, but never knew there were different types of bias. This information was new for me and I’m interested about learning more of each type of bias.
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I enjoy reading Gladstone because of it’s comic form. It’s a quick and easy read but includes a lot of facts and detail. Reading about the different types of biases was quite interesting. I already had knowledge of biases in the news and media, but I had no idea about access biases, or didn’t know much about commercial biases. I do believe that much of the bias that exists can fall under the category of narrative or visual. We tend to see more biases in newspapers because it’s what we usually see first, or is what catches our attention first.
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I agree that I like the comic style readings. They are much easier to get through than other readings we have done this semester. I also agree with Rory that we need to be prepared to read thing that do not have pictures. I think we are all capable of reading non-graphic articles, but sometimes it is nice to take a break from the words and learn how to analyze the pictures as well. I really like that this specific reading gave examples and explanations of all the different biases, so we were not confused about anything. I never really knew about the different types of bias, just what bias was. I was glad that Gladstone used examples like the media and the presidential elections to show the different types of bias. Media is probably one of the best examples of bias because so many people have a say in things. I agree with Ashely when she says that most people use visual and narrative bias category. A lot of people will be drawn to something that is visually appealing to them, or if they have seen something with their own eyes. Narrative bias is also very appealing because some people are very good story tellers, and really make you believe their story is right. When you have the combination of good visual evidence and a good story, then it makes it really hard for people believe any other story, especially when they have not heard the other side of the story. I think all of the types of bias are important to know. There is a specific time and place to use the specific types of bias. I would like to learn more about the different types of bias and learn how to use them in my writing or be able to spot them in other readings. Overall, I thought this reading was very informative, even though it was not that serious. I think Gladstone did a good job reaching her appropriate audience.
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I agree with everyone about the Gladstone’s style of writing, I like the comic style of writing because it’s a quick read and easy to understand. I also liked how Gladstone laid out each of the different styles of biased and explained them. But sometimes I find the comics kind of busy and somewhat distracting like Evonne said. I also agree with Alyssa sometimes Gladstone throws in some uncommon phrases or words and it gets a little confused but I usually understand the main point if what she’s saying. Overall though I really like reading Gladstone’s work and in going to miss the simplicity of reading comics for class.
Before this reading I didn’t really know a lot about the media other than its how we get a lot of our information, I never really thought that large portions of our media and news could be biased. I think most people don’t take that into consideration when they watch the news or read the newspaper, I feel like most people assume that the information is factual because its being broadcasted to the public. I don’t think that most average Americans take the time to look into there news to make sure its not biased they just choose the media broadcasting company they prefer for whatever reason and automatically assume its right because they like it.
Overall I think the media, news and bias are all tricky topics and need to remain in balance so that crazy things don’t start occurring and honestly that’s a black hole I don’t really want to explore. But in the end I really liked this piece I thought it was interesting to think about and something I’ll try and consider next time I read something.
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Like most of my other classmates have said, I love the comic book style readings. The combination of images academic concepts together make the reading easy to understand and fun. While the more traditional academic articles may have more concepts, the graphic novel style is a nice change every so often. I enjoyed how Gladstone gave examples of the different types of biases, including the commercial, bad news, status quo, and access biases and more. Like many who posted before, I really only thought of biases meaning that people report things from either a liberal or conservative bias, not with so many examples. I also liked how she started the article with the background of Dante and how when news reports are neutral, people are angry that they do not take a side in a critical issue.
It is difficult for the news media to stay non-biased because each of the reporters have a brain and have opinions on the subjects. I do not mind a reporter using their human instinct of opinon when report and if they are biased, just as long as they make note of the biases.
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I agree with everyone else on how this reading was easier due to the comic. Personally, I am not used to reading comics so even though it was easier to read than other articles it was also somewhat difficult to follow. I did however find it more interesting and fun to read and it helped make the material more understanding. Gladstone made the reading simple and easy to follow by laying out the different biases and gave examples with each.
For me it was an eye opener to how many things we deal with day to day are biased. The media is something everyone relies on for information so if the media itself is biased, it doesn’t give the person a chance to see both sides of the story and make their own decisions on the side they find best suited for them. I also agree with Matt on how the reporters have their own opinions of situations, but I believe they should do a better job at reporting the situations not their opinions of it, it should be up to the viewer to create their biases.
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first I scroll it through and I realize it was a comic which kind of motivate me to actually read it through out.
this piece is some what appealing in a positive way. reading and also looking at the pictures makes me enjoy the reading more and more. bias is something I wasn’t familiar with until I have read this. I have learn a lot about bias
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