Confirmation Bias

Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that affirms one's prior beliefs or hypotheses. Since the 2016 presidential political decision, governmental issues has been one of the most well-known parts of our general public's way of life. Starting immense measures of contention all through the media, voters who are viewed as on the boundaries of the political range, and are regularly one-sided, may likewise be the ones to prepare into the universe of legislative issues for the individuals who are either clueless or misguided. It is clear that online networking directs each part of our lives. The vast majority of us may not consider it, yet the degree of effect that the media has is really frightening. With regards to legislative issues, individuals are increasingly inclined to share articles or stories via web-based networking media destinations, for example, Twitter, Instagram or Facebook to give some examples, that stress their political position as opposed to disprove it and frequently do as such without completely knowing the degree of its precision. So, ensuring that the data we decide to tune in to from the media is precise, impartial, and current is one of the basic parts of being a well-educated resident and voter, just as changing the measurements for high and uninformed voters in the United States.

During the presentations in class, I thought that confirmation bias was one of the ones that were explained into further detail, and was also extremely interesting!