Media Bias? - A Comparative Study of Time, Newsweek, National Review, The

Informationen zum Autor By Tawnya J. Adkins Covert and Philo C. Wasburn Klappentext Media Bias? addresses the question: To what extent can mainstream news media be characterized as "conservative" or "liberal"? The study involves a systematic comparative analysis of the coverage given to major domestic social issues from 1975 to 2000 by two mainstream newsmagazines, Newsweek and Time, and two explicitly partisan publications, the conservative National Review and the liberal Progressive. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Table of Contents Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 1. The Media Bias Debate Chapter 4 2. Mainstream and Partisan Newsmagazines Chapter 5 3. Measuring Media Bias Chapter 6 4. Comparing Time, Newsweek, the National Review, and the Progressive Coverage of Selected Social Issues, 1975-2000 Chapter 7 5. The Use of Information Sources in Partisan Publications Chapter 8 6. Does Historical Context Influence Media Bias? Chapter 9 7. Have our Media Been Serving Democracy in their Coverage of Domestic Social Issues? Chapter 10 Bibliography 11 Index 12 About the Authors

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• Autoren: Tawnya J Adkins Covert, Tawnya J. Adkins Covert, Tawnya J. Adkins/ Wasburn Covert, Philo C Wasburn, Philo C. Wasburn
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 28.10.2008
• EAN: 9780739121894
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2189-4
• Seiten: 161
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Serien: Lexington Studies in Political; Lexington Studies in Political Communication
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Medien, Kommunikation > Allgemeines, Lexika