The terrorist attack in Pakistan has sparked anger on social media – not all of it aimed at the attackers. For many, the relative lack of attention paid on Twitter and Facebook illustrates Western double standards.
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Dr. Pamela Rutledge
onto Psychology of Media & Technology |
Bias is not overcome by pointing fingers. Bias occurs naturally as part of the biological imperative of survival. It comes from the innate tendency to feel safer and more connected to the things we know and understand. A solution to bias is to create opportunities to get to know the human side of other people so that we look past nationality and religion and are able to see them as we see ourselves: parents, mothers, brothers, sisters, and children.