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Media bias : finding it, fixing it / edited by Wm. David Sloan and Jenn Burleson Mackay.
Publication details: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2007.Description: vi, 258 p. ; 26 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0786430427 (softcover : alk. paper) :
- 9780786430420 (softcover : alk. paper)
- PN4888.O25 M45 2007
Contents:
Summary: "Scholars examine prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective, including ideology, politics, television, photography, religion, abortion, homosexuality, gender, race, crime, environment, region, military, corporate ownership, labor and health. Each essay introduces the topic, argues for or against, assesses the evidence for all arguments, and includes a list of suggested readings"--Provided by publisher.
Introduction: the bias debate / Wm. David Sloan -- Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a personal view / Bruce J. Evensen -- Ideology / Michael Ray Smith -- Political partisanship / Debra Reddin van Tuyll and Hubert P. van Tuyll -- Religion / Katie H. Porterfield -- Abortion / Stephen E. Stewart -- Homosexuality / Dave Cassady -- Gender / Ginger Miller Loggins -- Race and ethnicity / Tamara K. Baldwin and Henry M. Sessons -- Crime / Kay Best Murphy -- The environment / Kim Cross -- Regional bias / Randall S. Sumpter -- The military / Christina Jesson -- Television news / Jenn Burleson Mackay -- Photojournalism / Patrick Beeson -- Corporate ownership / Katharine A. Birchall -- Management and labor / Karen Watts Perkins -- Health and medicine / Carmen S. Brown.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | PN 4888 .O25 M45 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 251669 |
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| PN 4888 .O25 K58 2005 Don't believe it! : how lies become news / | PN 4888 .O25 K89 2002 Press bias and politics : how the media frame controversial issues / | PN 4888 .O25 L37 2004 True lies / | PN 4888 .O25 M45 2007 Media bias : finding it, fixing it / | PN 4888.O25 S35 2018 Evaluating media bias / | PN 4888 .P6 B46 2009 News : the politics of illusion / | PN 4888 .P6 B685 2011 Righteous indignation : excuse me while I save the world! / |
"Scholars examine prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective, including ideology, politics, television, photography, religion, abortion, homosexuality, gender, race, crime, environment, region, military, corporate ownership, labor and health. Each essay introduces the topic, argues for or against, assesses the evidence for all arguments, and includes a list of suggested readings"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the bias debate / Wm. David Sloan -- Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: a personal view / Bruce J. Evensen -- Ideology / Michael Ray Smith -- Political partisanship / Debra Reddin van Tuyll and Hubert P. van Tuyll -- Religion / Katie H. Porterfield -- Abortion / Stephen E. Stewart -- Homosexuality / Dave Cassady -- Gender / Ginger Miller Loggins -- Race and ethnicity / Tamara K. Baldwin and Henry M. Sessons -- Crime / Kay Best Murphy -- The environment / Kim Cross -- Regional bias / Randall S. Sumpter -- The military / Christina Jesson -- Television news / Jenn Burleson Mackay -- Photojournalism / Patrick Beeson -- Corporate ownership / Katharine A. Birchall -- Management and labor / Karen Watts Perkins -- Health and medicine / Carmen S. Brown.
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