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

Informationen zum Autor Philo C. Wasburn was professor emeritus of sociology at Purdue University. 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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Tawnya J. Adkins Covert, Tawnya J. Adkins/ Wasburn Covert, Covert Tawnya J. Adkins, Philo C. Wasburn, Wasburn Philo C.
• Edition: Rowman and Littlefield
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 28.10.2008
• EAN: 9780739121900
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-2190-0
• Pages: 161
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Thèmes: Lexington Studies in Political; Lexington Studies in Political Communication; Bloomsbury Studies in Political Communication
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays; Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sciences politiques > Sciences politiques comparées et internationales; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Comparative Politics, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, The Americas