How does an awareness of media bias affect our interactions with media? A. Media bias has no effect on people. B. Media bias increases people's understanding of events by giving both sides of a story. C. By understanding media bias, people can incorporate more exclusionary language into their daily lives since the press presents skewed ideas of gender roles. D. By understanding the techniques behind media bias, a person knows when exclusionary language and a limited perspective of a situation are being used to sway opinions and understanding.

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Annabel Mendez

31 May, 17:47

How does an awareness of media bias affect our interactions with media? A. Media bias has no effect on people. B. Media bias increases people's understanding of events by giving both sides of a story. C. By understanding media bias, people can incorporate more exclusionary language into their daily lives since the press presents skewed ideas of gender roles. D. By understanding the techniques behind media bias, a person knows when exclusionary language and a limited perspective of a situation are being used to sway opinions and understanding.

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D. By understanding the techniques behind media bias, a person knows when exclusionary language and a limited perspective of a situation are being used to sway opinions and understanding.

If we understand how the media skews things, we can therefore know what they are skewing. Then we can examine the information with and without the media bias.