Identifying bias
Item 1: Bias in research
Phản ứng của mèo trước ảnh của những người có bộ râu rậm rạp
Năm 1988, Winthrop Grover Norquist đã quyết định thực hiện một chuỗi thử nghiệm phản ứng của mèo trước những tấm ảnh của Robert Bock (Robert là ứng cử viên cho Tòa án tối cao Mỹ. Bộ râu rậm rạp dài quá cằm của ông được ứng dụng cho thí nghiệm các phản ứng của chó, mèo và… giun dẹp!). Ngoài ra, Viện Bảo tàng MIT cũng cho Norquist mượn 71.000 tấm ảnh những người đàn ông có râu ria rậm rạp. Sau khi xem các tấm ảnh này, 26% mèo bị tê cứng chân và thân người, kể cả cổ; 31% mèo có biểu hiện rối loạn thần kinh, nghẹt tim phổi và có những hành động bạo lực. Đối tượng tham gia là mèo cái, ở độ tuổi từ 4 đến 6 năm, trong đó có 15 con mèo mẹ đã sinh con sau khi được xem hình. Kết luận rút ra là: Mèo không thích đàn ông để râu dài rậm đen
Theo Công An Nhân Dân/Science
Ø Assumption.
Analysis: The conclusion is inferred from unclear and unrelated information. Firstly, he doesn’t mention to the amount of cats on his experiment. However, he results in the percentage of the cats affected by this experiment. Secondly, he just experiments on the she-cat, but then he comes to conclusion for the entire cat. This is a bias conclusion.
Item 2: Bias in advertising
Ø Discrimination
Analysis: Clearly, the woman in the advertisement has racial discrimination with the black man. Though the man tries to climb up the high-tension pole to take the balloon down for the little girl, she scolds soundly to the man and carries the child away. She doesn’t want the man to come near the child because he is a black man. Actually, in many regions in the world, there is racial discrimination toward the black. People treat the black badly and keep away from them.
Item3: Media bias
Ø Stereotype
Analysis: There are many men in this picture. They have different jobs like football player, kick boxer, businessman, skateboarder, profession, etc ; however, none of them are nurses. For majority of people think that only the women work as nurses. This picture implicates that the man who wants to be a nurse is not man enough. Therefore, this is indeed a stereotype.
References:
http://www.allnurses.com/are_you_man_enough.pjg
hi Van Anh!
Trả lờiXóaIn my opinion, your entry is good because you chose very interesting items and analyzed them quite carefully.
- Item 1 and 2 are impressive. One is funny and the other is moving. I agree with your analyses.
- Item 3: I agree that the picture shows the stereotype that nursing is for women, not for men. However, i think you misunderstood something. Actually, all of the men in this picture are nurses (you can see it clearly in the original one). I think this picture's aim is to eliminate that stereotype because it encourages men's interests in nursing profession.
From my point of view,youe entry is quite good.All the three items are very interesting,and you analyse carefully.Among them,I like item 2 most.I am very impressed at the black man who are very helful.Besides,I am very sympathetic for him because he is disregarded by the girl'mother.
Trả lờiXóaHowever,in the first item,the writer gives an information is that 15 cats give births after seeing the picture,it is nonsense.
i absolutele agree with Thu in the item 3, the picture implys that nurse is a hard job that requires some specific ability and not everyman can do it
Trả lờiXóaI totally gree with Thư
Trả lờiXóaItem 1 and 2 are quite good.
In item 3, I'm with u that the bias here is stereotype, but all the manly guys are nurses. The picture's purpose is to encourage men to accept nurses as their professions.
You can see the picture clearly in the link below:
http://allnurses.com/men-nursing-forum/you-man-enough-157536.html