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So in media literacy,

what roles do confirmation bias, stereotyping, and other cognitive biases impact how we interpret events, news, and information? ​

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Confirmation biases impact how we gather information, but they also influence how we interpret and recall information. For example, people who support or oppose a particular issue will not only seek information to support it, they will also interpret news stories in a way that upholds their existing ideas.

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