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How to Evaluate Information Sources: Identify Bias

Sub-Category: Critical Thinking Source: NJIT File Type: Guide Overview: How to think critically in an era of polarization Web Link: https://researchguides.njit.edu/evaluate/bias

How to ask better questions

Sub-Category: Critical Thinking Source: TED File Type: Video Overview: How to ask the better question

Rush to judgment on Covington school standoff should be a wake-up...

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Context Source: CBC File Type: Opinion Overview: Rush to judgment on Covington school standoff should be a wake-up call for media: Robyn Urback

Situations Matter

Sub-Category: Context Source: Sam Sommers File Type: Video Overview: Why context matters: human nature and how we perceive the world

Jay-Z: Why Context Matters In Hip-Hop

Bias: Centre Left Sub-Category: Context Source: FORA File Type: Video Overview: Jay-Z: why context matters Web Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtavqaiRTUU

When to trust (and not to trust) peer reviewed science

Bias: Centre Sub-Category: Research Source: The Conversation File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: When to trust and not trust peer reviewed science Web Link: https://theconversation.com/when-to-trust-and-not-to-trust-peer-reviewed-science-99365

The ideologies of Canadian economists, according to Twitter

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Polarization Source: MacLean's File Type: Article Overview: How people view the ideologies of economists in Canada Web Link: https://www.macleans.ca/economy/economicanalysis/the-ideologies-of-canadian-economists-according-to-twitter/

Is Canada Broken? The country seems more polarized than ever. Here’s...

Bias: Left Sub-Category: Polarization Source: The Walrus File Type: Essay/Analysis Overview: Is Canada broken? How do we overcome growing polarization Web Link: https://thewalrus.ca/democracy-is-canada-broken/

The Least Politically Prejudiced Place in America

Source: The Atlantic Web Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/03/watertown-new-york-tops-scale-political-tolerance/582106/?fbclid=IwAR15T_3oongVDUtt_2a0z2-osoSUG6bghea7NMXfiAP3FwE-PyhZNvoyKqo

The greatest weakness in Western democracies is us

Bias: Centre Right Sub-Category: Polarization Source: National Post File Type: Opinion Overview: The greatest threat to democracy: us Web Link: https://nationalpost.com/news/world/jen-gerson-the-greatest-weakness-in-western-democracies-is-us