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Entry 3: Identifying bias

Item1: cartoon 

 

Source: http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/s/sex_discrimination.asp

Identifying bias: gender discrimination

Analysis: The picture tells us about sexism in the workplace. You can see the line “you are simple not the right man for this job” in the picture, the man means female isn’t able to do the job because they just are normal and simple, but if being right man, they can get it easily.

Item 2: Quote

                                          “San Franciscans are gay.”

Source: http://online.santarosa.edu/presentation/page/?36963

Identifying bias: Stereotype

Analysis: This statement shows that the author’s opinion is San Franciscans are gay. He only uses a mental image of a group is that San Franciscans without regard to individual differences and give a conclusion hurriedly. Actually, among major US cities, San Francisco has the largest percentage of gay, lesbian and bisexual residents, but not all.

 Item3: Poster

Source: http://www.clickformedia.co.uk/?p=1471

Identifying bias:  Emotive language

Analysis: The poster has two bold line stretching across the page uses emotive language to draw the reader’s attention is that “Petrol hits £6 a gallon” which is much more stressed than another subheadings because it is main headline to attract readers for petrol price hikes. Moreover, a subheading also adds to this emotive language “Fury as pump prices reach record high”, the word “furry” expresses the emphasize of pump prices.