ENTRY 3: TRƯƠNG MINH TIẾN

ITEM 1: POSTER

-        Type of Bias: Stereotype.

-        Analysis:  It can be easily seen that the two red heart – shaped icons are displayed in different positions. It is believed that while a woman is always in search for a man loving her perfectly, a man normally cares about satisfying his demands. In other words, women exchange sex for love whilst men do the contrary. 

  Source: http://www.impawards.com/2009/ugly_truth.html

ITEM 2: STORY

New York City Bus Makes Women Ride In Back

If you’re a female and you happen to hop on the B110 bus in Brooklyn, you’ll be likely to feel as if you just stepped into a Middle East controlled region of the world, that’s because that particular city bus requires that women ride in the back and men ride upfront.

While the B110 bus is open to the public under an agreement with the city the actual vehicle is operated by a private company that services two Hasidic neighborhoods. Under Hasidic rules physical contact in public between the sexes is not allowed and therefore they are separated whenever possible.

-        Type of Bias: Gender discrimination:

-        Analysis: Bus is a public mean of transportation so it is equal to everybody. However, in this case, they express a profound discrimination between men and women and they let women have a seat in the back and give permission of the front seat for men.

Source: http://www.inquisitr.com/151921/new-york-city-bus-makes-women-ride-in-the-back/

ITEM 3: STATISTIC

The 1936 Literary Digest Poll

The Literary Digest was one of the most respected magazines of the time and had a history of accurately predicting the winners of presidential elections that dated back to 1916. For the presidential election of 1936 between Alfred Landon, the Republican governor of Kansas and the incumbent President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Literary Digest prediction was that Landon would get 57% of the vote against Roosevelt's 43%. The Literary Digest's method for choosing its sample was as follows: Based on every telephone directory in the United States, lists of magazine subscribers, rosters of clubs and associations, and other sources. A mailing list of about 10 million names was created. Every name on this list was mailed a mock ballot and asked to return the marked ballot to the magazine. However, the actual results of the election were 62% for Roosevelt against 38% for Landon.

-        Type of bias: Assumption

-        Analysis: The major problem with the poll was in the selection process for the names on the mailing list taken from telephone directories, club membership lists, lists of magazine subscribers, etc. Such a list often consisted of middle- and upper-class voters, and excluded lower-income voters. In 1936, telephones were much more of a luxury than they are today. Furthermore, at a time when there were still 9 million people unemployed, the names of a significant segment of the population would not show up on lists of club memberships and magazine subscribers. At least with regard to economic status, the Literary Digest mailing list was far from being a representative cross-section of the population.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Literary_Digest