Media Bias: Finding It, Fixing It / Edition 1

by Wm. David Sloan, Jenn Burleson Mackay

Overview

In this book, scholars examine the many prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective. Essays cover individual forms of bias, including ideology, politics, television, photography, religion, abortion, homosexuality, gender, race, crime, environment, region, military, corporate ownership, labor and health. Each essay introduces the topic, presents arguments for and against the specific bias, assesses the evidence for all arguments, and includes a list of suggested readings. Two additional essays discuss the broader aspects of the bias debate and give a personal perspective on reporting the controversial Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786430420
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/07/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.53(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Author and editor of numerous books Wm. David Sloan is retired from teaching journalism at the University of Alabama. He lives in Northport, Alabama. Jenn Burleson Mackay is an advanced student in the doctoral program in mass communication at the University of Alabama and has been assistant director of the Graduate Project on Media Bias.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     
Introduction: The Bias Debate     

1. Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Personal View     
2. Ideology     
3. Political Partisanship     
4. Religion     
5. Abortion     
6. Homosexuality     
7. Gender     
8. Race and Ethnicity     
9. Crime     
10. The Environment     
11. Regional Bias     
12. The Military     
13. Television News     
14. Photojournalism     
15. Corporate Ownership     
16. Management and Labor     
17. Health and Medicine     

About the Contributors     
Index     

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