Groupthink Critical Thinking

Now a days people run to media for answers on current events and expect information to be accurate, but yet do the people know that almost all media news reports are bias. Often times people run to news channels that give out information they want to hear based off the media’s beliefs. The media has always been bias, but it wasn’t until certain events occurred that opened society’s eyes. There are six powerhouse news sources that all have their own type of bias which points out their own perspective on current events. When it comes to current events, different media platforms represent the story from different perspectives. Viewers want their views to be validated rather than challenged and don’t give ideas of what people should do. Although

People automatically assume that a news organization’s bias is strictly a bad thing, while this does seem like a bad thing, the bias is negated by the sheer quantity of news sites that you can easily visit, this may take some additional time, but it doesn’t have to take a long time, while you’re stuck in traffic you can just pull out your smartphone and look at some news sites. If you find that one site has too much of a bias that doesn’t mean that you should just ignore that site completely, instead you should look for the same news story on a different site that has a different perspective, instead of just looking at the media from one point of view, look at both the left and right point of view. This bias allows for a look into how both sides see an argument, while one side may see something as a good thing, another side may see it as a bad thing. This allows you to get into the mind of the news stations and their reporters. While you're watching the news always maintain a level of skepticism about what the news station is saying. Skepticism is key to watching the news in any environment, without any level of skepticism you quickly become a mindless zombies that just believe something because it was said on Fox NEWS or MSNBC. You should take into account all the things said by the different news stations in order to formulate

It is important that news broadcasting networks do not let personal bias effect the story that’s being told to its audience. People who watch the news, opinions are heavily influenced by the information given to them. Viewers think their opinion is original but are unaware that the information they receive is biased and is meant to influence and form their opinions about a certain topic or argument. Many believe that the news is unbiased and factual because journalist or experts are providing them with evidence.When, in fact, these news outlets are filled with producers, reporters, and writers, who share the same viewpoints. This is groupthink and groupthink is very prominent in news broadcasting networks. Groupthink is when a group of people who share the same ideologies make decisions as a group. In an interview with Fox Business’s John Stossel, Bernie Goldberg explains that groupthink effects the viewer because like-minded people at news networks only show the audience one-side of an argument or story because of their personal opinions on a the topic. This means that news

Newspapers and other forms of news are very vital communication methods in the world today. The goal of news is to sell us their ideas by being biased and talking about how their idea is best. News can give us biased information although, the viewer could do further research on the

Stephen King was quoted as saying, “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” A plane crash is bad enough; throw into the mix that the plane crash landed in a vast desert far away from anyone and anything. The team showed great cohesiveness in its ability to get through the groupthink and group shift behaviors. In this paper, groupthink and group shift behaviors will be discussed. This paper will cover points to show how through both behaviors the group will remain cohesive and put aside any individual needs and focus more on the needs of the group. Even though the situation will be tough, the team will plan, find harmony and put their brains together to find ways to survive.

All sources of media have viewers that is what keeps them running. However why do some viewer watch certain media outlet that only support one side of the story. According to Bernie Goldberg in the video Are You a Bias Viewer where he quoted “ More and more I think of people who watch news and opinions want to get their own biases… validated”. When a viewer is bias they go to the news channel that will agree with them. Goldberg even stated that liberals watch liberal news channels while conservatives watch conservative news channels. This means that not only is the media bias so are the viewers. Viewers will watch whatever they agree with because their on the same side. However there still some news channel that give the viewer all the facts instead of just one side of the topic. Letting viewers make their own choose on what side to take.

The viewer as always will watch the news to be inform and get caught up with what's going on around the world. Validation does not mean to agree or support someone else's opinion, viewers tend to watch news that might get their attention and goes with what believe it's right. What viewers want is just to hear what they want to hear, feel that they are doing what it s right. The news does their job to inform the people by showing one side of the story and not the other. There are times where news confuse people because one might say one thing about the topic and then another source says something completely different about the same topic. The news should shows the facts on both sides of the problem and make the viewer decide which side support. And that should be by showing facts that informs the viewer and help understand the problem.

An increase in watching biased news has lead to another negative effect: many viewers opinions become much more polarized. MSNBC, whose own outlook on politics are typically more liberal, project news in the context of their views. Since the media allows for easy access to this news, their audience, with the same outlook, are thus not “forced to challenge their way of thinking” (Friedman). Someone who watches the news can choose, and typically does, watch news that is similar to what they believe. So even if someone argues, again, that “they can just switch channels” to other news outlets, that project objective views, they go unsee. This leads to very opposite political views that just become more polarized with more viewers, with the same ideology, watching. The audience then only watch their side of politics and people become defensive over which side is right and which side is wrong in terms of legislation and candidates for presidential or congressional

Viewers will watch the news channel which supports what they believe rather than watch a news channel which gives the other side of the story. Rather than giving people the facts so they may come up with their own judgment on the issues, news channels will say whatever they feel will please their viewers. If you’re a liberal person, you will most definitely watch a liberal news or if you're a conservative you will watch a different type of news channel just because of the fact that the news channel will tell you what you want to hear. Many people have confirmation bias to confirm their own beliefs. Confirmation bias refers to a type of selective thinking whereby people will confirm their beliefs and underlook the beliefs of others. It's much

Today, it seems that almost all news sources have some “spin” in their reporting. In many cases, the journalists may report only facts at the time of an events occurrence but later begin to inject their opinions concerning what has happened. For instance, when a shooting occurs, all of the media sources covering the event focus on gathering facts. Soon after the event however, the reporters began to give their opinions concerning the issue. Some may use this event as an opportunity to raise concern for gun control or mental health rather than simply reporting the news. Many times, rather than bringing in experts on a topic, a reporter will give his or her opinion in spite of its uselessness. When experts or witnesses are brought in to give accounts, they are often hand-picked individuals whose views match those of the reporters. The media produces this type of news because it is more entertaining and appealing to the public. To maximize profits, media outlets produce what gets the highest ratings, and if that means that the reporters must twist some facts to support the public’s views, then that is what they will do (Hammond). In a recent police shooting, the media showed its willingness to twist facts for their favor. A police

There are many different hidden truths in the media that people do not know about due to the fact that the media emphasizes on just one particular point of view. Throughout the years, people have been biased in the media and the reason as to why this happens is that people choose to lean on one side such as republican, democrat, libertarian, or conservative. To be biased means to only be on one side of an argument or situation and only favor more of what one person has to say. There are a variety of different news channels in which they all tend to lean more on one side, there is not a single news channel that is on the same side as another. There are many current events that have multiple contentious between other news channels. The viewers

To understand what state the modern media system is in, one must firmly understand what bias is. Media bias is present “when a political belief or commercial interest distorts the level of reporting” (“Media Bias” 1). If a political station provides positive or accurate information to only one side, then the station can be considered biased. Another form of bias is known as sensationalism. Sensationalism is the creation of panic or fear by over-reporting or over-inflating individual news stories, often blurring facts or reporting speculation as facts. A modern and familiar example of media

When I was considering how I could show to you that I not only read Brave New World, but also that I used critical thinking to generate a thought provoking piece. I came up with the newspaper idea because I knew I could talk about current issue while also pretending to be a part of the Brave New World London society. WIth each piece I tried to tackle a difference issue and compare and contrast our society’s viewpoints with their viewpoints.

People who watch the daily news usually don’t watch a variety of other news stations therefore whichever the station reports the news it usually tends to be biased. The truth can be obscure with all the biased views in media that's why it is important to learn how to tell the difference between the misleading information and truthful information. Due to this reason the viewpoints of a person can be biased due to the influence of biased news. Viewpoints such as those can be avoided if the truth can be detected easily, such as by simply watching several news stations with different stances in politics, and etc. Learning and studying the viewpoints of the different media outlets can help you understand what facts are actually true and which are

Bullying, harassment, and to a lesser extent weapons, graffiti, and gangs do affect our school and district. I addressed many of these issues related to my past school at length in my Chapter 2 critical thinking essay. I, however, did not address the steps my school and district were implementing to address these issues. I saw many programs and strategies being attempted, but I still was not seeing the reduction of aggression and violence in the school.