Deborah Tannen's Use Of Truth In Science Fiction

21st-century humans are often reminded from media sources, advertising and other prevailing cultural meme machines that we are more informed, more sophisticated, and more societally, culturally, environmentally and technologically savvy than at any other time of our known human historical existence. With our smartphones in hand, we can search and devour written information with the assistance of search engines and electronic libraries and watch documentaries on countless subject matters with online video services. Moreover, the recent introduction of AI enhanced virtual assistants, like Alexa and Google Home, allows access to a virtual “answer machine” where the incessant inquisitive can ask it obscure question upon obscure question and receive a carefully worded and (most likely true) answer. Regrettably, our factual excess and supposed technology-given worldliness still have not allowed us to overcome our tribalistic tendencies regarding people and ideas. Recent events at U.C Berkeley and excerpts from Deborah Tannen’s article “Taking a “War of

`“Fake News” is a commonly talked about term brought up by our president Donald Trump. President Donald’s point of this idea is to inform the people of the United States that there are news channels that only tell the stories that the companies want to produce, rather than what the people want to hear. This is relevant to the society of Fahrenheit 451 because the

In the article, "For Argument’s Sake: Why Do We Feel Compelled to Fight About Everything? Witten by Deborah Tannen. She express that we live in an argumentative culture, where everyone is entitled to their own freedom of speech and rights. Tannen shows that arguments rarely lead to an understanding, but rather that an argument becomes less about the topic at hand and more about proving the opposing side wrong ( Tannen, Deborah(,2008). She tells her stories in many different form to gather the audience’s attention. She then starts to use big words and different logics to appeal to a more intellectual audience. She then starts her stories by manipulating and persuading the unintelligent audience to pull them in so they would know that she is insulting them by using the bigger words, making them feel intimidated.

Ignorance due to inability to spot biased is a monumental issue in the U.S. In 1984, people did not have an option on who or what to believe. They were all required to watch a Two Minute Hate so they would dislike what the Party wanted them to dislike. The people could only see what the Party wanted them to see as no other channels they existed. In fact, the telescreens could not be shut off at all. Constant exposure to the Party’s beliefs caused people to be biased towards the government’s views. In this country, people hear, watch, and absorb news every day, but they do not always see or hear the presented bias. For example, Fox News is conservative-leaning and MSNBC is more liberal (Garrett 2&3). People who only watch one news channel without acknowledging or spotting the bias tend to accept what they hear as fact without a second thought. Depending on where information is collected or heard, the person forms opinions based on bias rather than facts without realizing the error in their wapithes and become easy to manipulation occurs.

I would to sit and read CNN or Fox News, and not feel like I’m being lied to or pulled on one side. I would like just the news. The only way I can at least acquire a firm understanding of something is by reading multiple new sources. For example, if I want to know what is going on with social issues, I will first go to Huffington Post. Then I will go and find one of the main primetime news like CBS, ABC, or NBC news to compare to Huffington Post. The last search I will do is for an extreme conservative news site like Fox News. When I done reading all three articles, I generally have a good understanding of the

1 If I had to help someone spot fake news I would first, ask them if they were republican or democrat? If democrat I would pull up fox news, if republican I would turn on CNN. Now, one might say that these are reputable sources so how could they be fake? Well, my response would be, yes, they are reputable, but they tend to stretch the truth to an extent

The information provided on the Internet is not always factual for example the image of USA Crime Statistics - 2015 by the Crime Statistics Bureau-San Francisco. The image contained the following statistics: “ Blacks killed by whites -- 2%, Blacks killed by police -- 1%, Whites killed by police -- 3%, Whites killed by whites -- 16% , Whites killed by blacks -- 81%, Blacks killed by blacks -- 97%” (Greenberg). The image was widely circulated and believed to be true because it was from a source that appeared credible by name but does not actually exist. Though widely discredited and shown to be fake, many people tend to be skeptic of that fact for it was shared by people they support. It seemed so real that even presidential candidate Trump retweeted the image. He used the statistics to serve as a justification of his policies and gained more assured voters that his views/polices would solve the problems shown in this graphic. It seems that people rather believe what they want instead of the truth but how much of that is their own fault in world full of fake news. As consumers of information, is it our responsibility to differentiate or the media/internet to regulate information

I would also consider Fox News and CNN reliable sources. This again can be accredited to their popularity. That does not mean that popularity equals reliability, but can often times be the case. The reason that popularity and high ranking have a purpose here is due to the seriousness of the subject matter. These news

What is reality? Did the past you remember actually happen? Can you exist in two realities at once? Are you who you think you are? Through his work, science fiction author Philip K. Dick implies that we will all be asking such questions soon. For Dick, reality is just one of his layers. All of his novels combined together accurately predicted the world we are in now.

Mainstream media has gotten to the point where it is becoming less credible with each passing day. Many mainstream news sources, usually favor one political view over another and tend to force their personal views on the viewer. Bias in the media is when people believe a certain thing about a group or person that is not necessarily true, this can cause conflict because others might believe something that is not true. All six mainstream media have different beliefs on how to induce their topics to the public, sometimes with no proof to back it up. There are several current events happening, however some may have news that can be interpreted as bias. Some Individuals believe news channels by simply reading or hearing about a topic. Citizens

As I am right now, I tend to think little about politics unless something big happens to draw my attention to it. I know that this is a bad way of thinking because what happens in politics direct pertains to me. I’ve gotten better in the last year due to checking news every day to see what has been happening in the political world. The sources I tend to use the most for viewing political issues and news are ABC News, Fox, CNN, and The Economists. All of these I believe to give the most accurate information, but also have their own bias views on the subjects that they discuss. A lot of the time, most people and news sites do not agree with my views or opinions, but since all I want to know is the facts of it, I just look passed their opinions

Have you ever wondered if the news you’re reading is coming from a good source? Some Medias tend to tick their work a little to get more viewers and simply to get more people talking about it. A lot of media outlets do try their best to provide readers with a good source of information to educate themselves about a topic. If you train yourself to become a pro at investigation whether a news comes from a good reliable source you would be able to read a topic and be able to know if it’s fake or not. An individual can identify media bias buy knowing acknowledging the five standards’ that provides a citizen with accurate and reliable information they need to function in a free society. The five standards are truth, verification, it must serve as

While today most americans have access to huge media outlets such as MSNBC and Fox News, They no longer feel the sense of unbiased reporting that honest journalism was built on. It seems that the stories always tend to have a political twist to it. With the public feeling misled, it leaves us not knowing where to turn for the truth.

There are thousands of different news outlets. Some of these can be trusted but some should not be. Every country has their own news sources and these range from national to local. Without news outlets, citizens would be uninformed of what was happening around them, but unfortunately these citizens may be misinformed as well. This is widely known as fake news and it can be hard to spot at times. Lots of cases of fake news occur daily all across the world, but one case that has been widely publicized has to do with Russia and the election of America’s forty-fifth president, Donald Trump, and his opponent Hilary Clinton. This situation has been shown on television stations, printed in newspapers, and written online millions of times.

Being able to understand all sides of the story is very important when trying to pick a side. Today, news broadcasters are notorious for providing everyone with bias news. There are six main news sources which are called the Power House Networks; Fox news, ABC News, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, and NBC, but unfortunately each one pushes a different political view. A good example is a current event about the health care plan by which each powerhouse network pushes their political view. News viewers tend to be oblivious when it comes to bias in the media because they would rather hear what they believe is right. There are many ways to find truth in journalism that everyone needs to be aware of for example, going to more than one source and conducting a