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Point of view / bias
- Does the author
have a noticeable bias? These are sometimes easy to detect,
for example, someone’s affiliation with a political party,
or other organisation. Students should not discount using biased
opinions in their research, but acknowledge different perspectives
in their assignment writing.
- What political, cultural or social agendas
are present in the information? Sometimes this can be hidden.
As a student becomes more familiar with a topic it becomes easier
to recognise bias.
- Be aware of your own
personal biases that may prevent you from accepting the arguments
of others with an open mind.
- Difficulties may arise in the detection
of bias when dealing with sources
that reflect the conventions of the culture or time in which
the work was produced.
- When using information found on the Internet
it is important to consider who is providing the information and
their motivations for doing so. Is the web page a personal one?
This is sometimes identified by the inclusion of the "tilde"
(~) symbol in the web address.
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