Today’s lecture in “Tools and Skills in Environment and
Development” was on Frames and Reframing, exploring how participants and
stakeholders have different (conflicting) dominant discourses and lenses that
impact how they see and process information. People tend to focus on
information that fits well into their “frame” and ignore information that
doesn’t. This isn’t anything new – but I now have a good academic reference and
framework to use in the paper I am writing for Oxford’s Food Security
Conference in April. Hurrah! Love it when lectures coincide with other
things going on in life…
Sounds like confirmation bias. I know that it has been studied not only in social psychology but also in the context of politics, education, and other areas. Although perhaps not specifically in your field, there is a whole body of research supporting this phenomenon (which you may already know about and have referenced). :) You do plan to share your paper, right? It sounds like it will be interesting!
ReplyDeleteYeah, it's absolutely confirmation bias - just doing it in regards to the dichotomy of food in Africa/politics in the Middle East. I was assuming the confirmation bias theory, but it's nice to have some authors in the development field I can cite that people may be familiar with and buy into better than social psych! ;)
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. One does need to be careful about citing those "soft sciences." :P
ReplyDeleteHahaha. So true. Those wily things...
ReplyDeleteI learned once on Fox News that this so called "confirmation bias" is just an invention of the liberal media elite. I'm pretty sure it's discredited; I've never seen anything on it since.
ReplyDeleteYou, sir, are silly.
ReplyDeleteAlso sarcastic. :P
ReplyDeleteWell if you heard it on Fox News, it must be true. ;)
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