Topic
Media
A collection of 31 issues
The Fairest of All
In the 2006 CCES, respondents were asked, “Which network do you think provides the fairest coverage of national news?”. Here's a plot of proportions of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents thinking so about some of the news channels. Compare the results with Perceived media ideology of some news sources.
Bias is in the Eyes of the Beholder
Figure credit: Yphtach Lelkes. From joint work on selective exposure.
Sharing Information about Sharing Misinformation
The Internet has revolutionized the dissemination of misinformation. Easy availability of incorrect information, gullible and eager masses, and ease of sharing has created fertile conditions for misinformation epidemics.
While a fair proportion of misinformation is likely created deliberately, it may well spread inadvertently. Misinformation that people carry is often no
Idealog: Internet Panel + Media Monitoring
Media scholars have for long complained about the lack of good measures of media use. Survey self-reports have been shown to be notoriously unreliable, especially for news, where there is significant over-reporting, and without good measures, research lags. The same is true for most research in marketing.
Until recently, the
Fox News Coverage of Obama
News Coverage of Sarah Palin
Difference in Coverage of Clinton and Obama
The following tables tally up the articles that mention “Barack Obama” or “Hillary Clinton” in their body or title. The results show that both New York Times and Washington Post cover Obama at much lower rates than “US Newspaper and Wires.”
The differences are particularly significant given that most articles
Interview with Eric Berlin
This is the third article in a multi-part series devoted to understanding some of the ethical aspects that dog blogging sites. The series will end with an analysis of Blogcritics.org and blogs in general. Prior two articles –
* Interview with Christopher Rose, Comments Editor of BC
* Interview with Lisa McKay,
The Hubris of Journalists
Nick Bryant, a correspondent covering Australian elections for the BBC, wrote the following in one of his blog posts,
“My name is Nick and I fear I am in danger of becoming an Australian political junkie. I find myself boring friends with the swings needed to win obscure marginals, which,