What is Source bias?
'''Source bias''' is a term from [[psychology]]. It means that when people select sources from where to get their information, they are more likely to pick either those sources that [[confirmatuon bias|confirm what they already believe]], or those that [[negativity bias|are very negative]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Van der Meer|first1=Toni G. L. A.|last2=Hameleers|first2=Michael|last3=Kroon|first3=Anne C.|date=2020-11-01|title=Crafting Our Own Biased Media Diets: The Effects of Confirmation, Source, and Negativity Bias on Selective Attendance to Online News|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/15205436.2020.1782432|journal=Mass Communication and Society|volume=23|issue=6|pages=937–967|doi=10.1080/15205436.2020.1782432|s2cid=225096769 |issn=1520-5436}}</ref> This will then create so-called [[Echo chamber (media)|echo chambers]] for them. In [[Journalism|news reporting]], source bias affects how news organizations do news gathering in whom they choose to talk, and in news analysis, what they imply in the way they arrange facts collected.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Engle|first=Michael|title=LibGuides: Fake News, Propaganda, and Disinformation: Learning to Critically Evaluate Media Sources: Identifying Source Bias|url=https://guides.library.cornell.edu/evaluate_news/source_bias|website=guides.library.cornell.edu}}</ref> == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Bias]] [[Category:Mass media]]