Evaluating Media Bias

Informationen zum Autor Adam Schiffer is associate professor of political science at TCU. He studies American politics and teaches courses on political communication, public opinion, and research methods. He has published on topics such as the role of social media in the 2012 presidential election, the ability of blogs to set the mainstream press' agenda, partisan bias in newspaper election coverage, and ideological self-identification. Klappentext Engaging and informative, Evaluating Media Bias provides an academically informed but broadly accessible overview of the major concepts and controversies involving media bias. Schiffer explores the contours of the partisan-bias controversy before pivoting to real biases: the patterns, constraints, and shortcomings plaguing American political news. Zusammenfassung Engaging and informative! Evaluating Media Bias provides an academically informed but broadly accessible overview of the major concepts and controversies involving media bias. Schiffer explores the contours of the partisan-bias controversy before pivoting to real biases: the patterns! constraints! and shortcomings plaguing American political news. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The Enduring "Liberal Media" Charge2. The Scholarly View of Partisan Bias 3. How To Evaluate a Bias Charge 4. The Real Biases 5. Coverage of the Affordable Care Act 6. The Media and the 2016 Republican Nomination 7. Bias, Balance, and Ideals in the Trump Era

Product details

• Authors: Institute of Politics HK School, Adam J. Schiffer, Adam Joseph Schiffer
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781442265660
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-6566-0
• No. of pages: 158
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Political science & theory, United States of America, USA, Political science and theory, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms