Returning to the old format of Brian & Colin discussing a topic, they take on the use of graphics in media, how it can help or distort. The motivation for the conversation came from a tweet that Colin shared that consisted of a chart showing the dramatic rise in median income globally and Brian took issue with it. Colin begins the conversation by addressing confirmation bias when we receive information from the media, both in affirming what we already believe and dismissing that which we don’t. Brian discusses the context of the information we receive and how we need to consider very carefully the medium which we want to give the message. Some media are better suited for different messages. They address how we treat content differently when we trust the provider or we don’t.
Link to the YouTube video.
Some of the resources that we addressed in the conversation:
The book: Factfulness by Hans Rosling
The blog: The Grump Economist – John Cochran
News source fairly balanced and slightly to the right: The Dispatch
The chart that we used in the beginning of the conversation:
