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Nine in ten Americans believe the media are biased. Trust in journalists ranks beneath that in lawyers, and even the media themselves regularly portray their own industry as slanted toward Democrats and liberals. These perceptions, however, do not coincide with reality, as David Niven reveals in his...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Niven, David, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Subjects:
Journalism > Objectivity > United States.
Mass media > Objectivity > United States.
Presse > Objectivité > États-Unis.
Médias > Objectivité > États-Unis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Journalism.
Journalism > Objectivity
Mass media > Objectivity
Massamedia.
Journalistiek.
Objectiviteit.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Slanted headlines : how the media covers media bias
  • 2. Reporters and car salesmen : public opinion on the media
  • 3. The jury is still out : academic evidence on media bias
  • 4. An objective test of partisan media bias
  • 5. Bias without publicists : negativity, race, and gender bias in the news
  • 6. The partisans who cried wolf : implications of the media bias claims, coverage, and reality
  • Postscript : Bias and terror
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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