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Activity
In Class: Hearing Your Bias
Prior knowledge
none
Objectives:
After having completed this assignment, students should:
- Understand that biases can be physical and cognitive
Steps
- Play the audio clip ask learners to share which word they heard -- 'Laurel' or 'Yanny' -- while listening to the audio clip.
- After sharing who heard which word, use a clip that allows students to hear both words.
- Discuss with students how biases like these may impact how media content is experienced differently and how this can impact how audiences understand journalistic content.
Teacher’s Note:
- Students can simply raise their hands to indicate which word they heard or use a program like Kahoot or Mentimetor.
'Yanny or Laurel?' (audio clip from The Guardian)
'We Made a Tool So You Can Hear Both Yanny and Laurel' (interactive article from The New York Times)
Topics:
Additional references
'Yanny or Laurel?' (audio clip from The Guardian)
'We Made a Tool So You Can Hear Both Yanny and Laurel' (interactive article from The New York Times)
