Transcript Propaganda, Persuasion, Bias

What is the difference?
What is the difference?
 Persuasion: is convincing someone to do something
with a diplomatic and logical manner
 Propaganda: the systematic attempt to manipulate
people’s opinions, attitudes, beliefs, and actions with
words, images, usually through mass media
 Bias: the tendency to be on one side of a particular
idea or belief.
Important Questions
 Is there bias in propaganda?
 Is there bias in persuasion?
 Is bias a bad thing?
 When we write or speak, how can we avoid bias?
Recognizing Bias: Knowing how to recognize
bias is an important skill you will need in
school and life.
 Look for opinions: opinions are beliefs that cannot
me proved. Bias statements look like facts but are
actually opinions.
 Look for loaded words and phrases and
exaggerations: These statements cannot be proved.
They are intended to produce strong emotional
response. To exaggerate means to enlarge facts or
statement beyond.
 Look for missing facts: biased speech often leaves
out facts that do not support the author’s bias.
Recognizing Bias: Knowing how to recognize bias
is an important skill you will need in school and
life.
 Determine whether the text presents only one
point of view: Writing that is biased presents only
one point of view about an issue or a topic. The point
of view may be positive or negative.
 Determine whether the text contains bias: Review
the text and draw a conclusion about it.
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?
Propaganda: Negative or Positive?
What is the Bias?