As more and more people get their news online from outlets and people with similar views, confirmation bias is a global problem that threatens the healthy exchange of conflicting ideas. This class covers the change in the media landscape over the past few decades and the impact this has had on civil discourse, politics, and what news is covered and why. Test your own confirmation biases and learn how to better manage information in a complex media environment.
Instructor:
Erika Alison Cohen is a writer and editor with over 20 years of experience. For a decade she worked as a writer and then editor at Business NH Magazine, a monthly glossy trade magazine, and has also worked as a Statehouse reporter in Concord for The Eagle-Tribune and as a local reporter for The Keene Sentinel. She currently works as a ghostwriter and editor helping business executives produce books and other thought leadership writing. She is an Adjunct Professor of Communication Arts at UNH-Manchester.
This a free class presented by the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications.