#107 Vanessa Otero on News Ecosystem Health

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Vanessa Otero discusses news ecosystem health and how she created The Media Bias Chart®. Our wide ranging conversation covers her methodology for grading media content, the Overton window, information nutritional labels, societal implications of unhealthy news consumption patterns.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Research Topic</strong>: Vanessa suggests that researchers examine ways to get people out of conspiracy theory rabbit holes or extreme polarization rabbit holes. She also asserts that media trust is over studied and that researchers should focus less on that problem.</span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://adfontesmedia.com"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">AdFontes Media</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Overton Window</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">or window of discourse</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-in-Bets-Annie-Duke-audiobook/dp/B078SBSBW3"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">by Annie Duke</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Link to full show notes and resources</strong></p> <p><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">107</span></p> <p><strong>Guest Bio</strong><span sty