Skewed By Professor Keon West, Caryn Franklin MBE
- Narrated by: Caryn Franklin MBE, Professor Keon West, Michelle Elman, Juno Roche, Natasha Devon
- Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 09-22-22
Skewed By Professor Keon West, Caryn Franklin MBE AudioBook Summary
An Original Audiobook Production by W. F. Howes, written and presented by Caryn Franklin and Professor Keon West, with special guests.
- How do news outlets choose which crimes to report on–and does it matter?
- What do Disney films teach us about who is good and who is dangerous?
- Can adverts really change how we think and behave?
Underpinning these questions looms the spectre of bias; the hidden force that frames our thinking and skews the facts. This provocative audio original will have you rethinking everything from pornography and pop music to children’s books and fashion.
Tackling the complex subject of bias head on, Skewed investigates the hidden messages we absorb from birth. Looking closely at what the research can tell us, Caryn Franklin and Professor Keon West explain how our inner worlds are shaped by false information, media trends, and the brain’s preference for patterns and stereotypes. Exploring biases around gender, sexuality, race, age and appearance, Caryn and Keon explain how bias impacts all of our lives.
Through conversations with a diverse range of voices–from cognitive psychologists to activists and entertainers–Caryn and Keon offer a vision for an alternative future; a world in which we recognise and manage bias, and one in which diversity and difference can truly flourish.
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