Quiz: Lateral Reading

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• judging a source based on what others say about it, rather than merely what it says about itself; reading about a source in order to help you judge its reliability
• a big-picture way of conceiving of the possible range of political opinions in a given society by arranging them relative to each other on a line going from the far left to the far right (in the United States the left side is generally associated with the Democratic Party, and the right side is generally associated with the Republican Party)
• a prejudgment about some person, group, idea, or other thing, often considered to be unfair
• judging a source based on what it says about itself, rather than incorporating what others say about it; reading from a source, without reading about that source as well
• tending to be open to social and political change; favoring progressive policies perceived to promote social welfare; usually portrayed on the “left” side of the political spectrum; in the U.S. usually identified with the Democratic Party
• a generic term identifying the way media institutions can demonstrate a consistent preference for or against particular causes and agendas; these are often political, and are often perceived to be based on prior ideological commitments, rather than the details of any particular story; these biases are revealed in the stories the institutions choose to cover or ignore, the language they use to cover them, the way they frame them, the extent to which they overlook contradictory evidence or rely on selective evidence, and so on
• tending to prefer slow social and political change; favoring policies perceived to preserve traditional values; usually portrayed on the “right” side of the political spectrum; in the U.S., usually identified with the Republican Party