But, I wonder how much of anything we read can be held to be fully accurate and believable. For instance, I could make a statement that I'm partly Hawaiian an that would not be a lie. Or, I can say that I'll study all week for this group test, so others can count on my answers being right. Colorful pie-charts, bar graphs and pictorial representations make research findings easy to understand. All of the following studies has results that can be accessed by clicking on underlined links of each corresponding website.
Factoids includes some of the same stuff.
Data collected by Newswatch researchers has supposedly documented a strong correlation between the content of TV news coverage and subsequent shifts in the public's approval or disapproval of the president. As for Economic Studies , CMPA says its research has provided concrete evidence of the media's tendency to flock to bad news, while treading lightly on good economic news. CMPA studies have also identified a possible link between negative economic news and drops in consumer confidence, according to the website. Other CMPA studies have looked at issues such as executive compensation, government regulation of industry, coverage of particular businesses and fictional portrayals of business characters in television entertainment. Recent studies include the first ever study of local television news coverage of health issues.