Comments on: The Age of Affirmation http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-age-of-affirmation-6594/ Nationally Acclaimed Politics, Science and Culture Coverage Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:00:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Wickshttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-age-of-affirmation-6594/#comment-3002 Richard Wicks Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:41:26 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6594#comment-3002 So doesn't this just boil down to an assertion that the media doesn't actually give enough information for an individual to form an independent opinion, but rather relegates them to either aligning themselves to the 2 presented viewpoints that are given, i.e. "the left" or "the right"?If people are looking for media to affirm their beliefs just where do they get their beliefs from in the first place - when the media presents such a barren landscape of beliefs in the first place? So doesn’t this just boil down to an assertion that the media doesn’t actually give enough information for an individual to form an independent opinion, but rather relegates them to either aligning themselves to the 2 presented viewpoints that are given, i.e. “the left” or “the right”?

If people are looking for media to affirm their beliefs just where do they get their beliefs from in the first place – when the media presents such a barren landscape of beliefs in the first place?

]]> By: Nicolo Cabrerahttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-age-of-affirmation-6594/#comment-1192 Nicolo Cabrera Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:44:32 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6594#comment-1192 Were viewers randomly assigned to watch Al-Jazeera English and were subsequently tested for their levels of dogmatism and support for U.S. policy? Or did you check out which participants watched Al-Jazeera and correlated their Al-Jazeera viewing habits to those variables? Were viewers randomly assigned to watch Al-Jazeera English and were subsequently tested for their levels of dogmatism and support for U.S. policy? Or did you check out which participants watched Al-Jazeera and correlated their Al-Jazeera viewing habits to those variables?

]]> By: Nicolo Cabrerahttp://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-age-of-affirmation-6594/#comment-1603 Nicolo Cabrera Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:44:32 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/?p=6594#comment-1603 Were viewers randomly assigned to watch Al-Jazeera English and were subsequently tested for their levels of dogmatism and support for U.S. policy? Or did you check out which participants watched Al-Jazeera and correlated their Al-Jazeera viewing habits to those variables? Were viewers randomly assigned to watch Al-Jazeera English and were subsequently tested for their levels of dogmatism and support for U.S. policy? Or did you check out which participants watched Al-Jazeera and correlated their Al-Jazeera viewing habits to those variables?

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