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Media bias occurs when journalists and news producers show bias in how they report and cover news. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening of the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. [1] The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely ...
Progressive media watchdog group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) has argued that accusations of liberal media bias are part of a conservative strategy, noting an article in the August 20, 1992 Washington Post, in which Republican party chair Rich Bond compared journalists to referees in a sporting match. "If you watch any great coach ...
The influences of mass media (or 'media effects') are observed in various aspects of human life, from voting behaviors [ 2] to perceptions of violence, [ 3][ 4] from evaluations of scientists [ 5] to our understanding of others' opinions. [ 6] The overall influence of mass media has changed drastically over the years, and will continue to do so ...
Harold Adams Innis (November 5, 1894 – November 8, 1952) was a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on Canadian economic history and on media and communication theory. He helped develop the staples thesis, which holds that Canada's culture, political history and economy have been ...
Media literacy is an expanded conceptualization of literacy that includes the ability to access and analyze media messages as well as create, reflect and take action, using the power of information and communication to make a difference in the world. [ 1] Media literacy applies to different types of media [ 2] and is seen as important skills ...
Media Bias/Fact Check ( MBFC) is an American website founded in 2015 by Dave M. Van Zandt. [ 1] It considers four main categories and multiple subcategories in assessing the "political bias" and "factual reporting" of media outlets, [ 2][ 3] relying on a self-described "combination of objective measures and subjective analysis". [ 4][ 5]
Media ethics is the subdivision dealing with the specific ethical principles and standards of media, including broadcast media, film, theatre, the arts, print media and the internet. The field covers many varied and highly controversial topics, ranging from war journalism to Benetton ad campaigns. Media ethics promotes and defends values such ...
The media exhibited the "Cold War myopia, ethnocentrism, cultural bias, and racism embedded in American ideology." [ 21 ] American journalists arrived in Vietnam with almost no knowledge of its culture, history, society, or language, and they did not attempt to learn.