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Understanding bias and propaganda in literature and media

Posted by M.Sibanda on Sunday, May 25, 2014, In : ERS Staff Desk 

As an English scholar studying various texts, you need to know how to differentiate between texts that are impartial (neutral and give facts only)and texts that are biased (one sided and often manipulated to suit the writer’s point of view). When communicated via mass media, biased information is termed: propaganda.

English students are most likely to meet bias and propaganda in their literature texts (plays, novels, short stories and poetry), oral texts such as speeches as well as in fil...


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Believe in yourself

Posted by Gaopalelwe "Pali" Matlabe on Thursday, March 1, 2012, In : ERS Poetry 

Believe in yourself


Life may not always be pleasant,

Some days will be harder than the others,

Some people will always try to belittle your worth.

Some things may break you but beyond

all the unpleasantness of life there is hope for all.

 

Sometimes you might wake up and feel

As if the world is on your shoulders, it might

seem too  heavy to carry, but tomorrow still

awaits with its blessings.

 

In life you may lose the people you hold

close to your heart, and at times it

m...


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