Media bias
By: Susan Hunnicutt, book editor
Series: At issue
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780737751598; 9780737751604
Subjects: Objectivity; Journalism; Mass media
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The participatory news consumer: how the digital environment is changing the way Americans get their news / Kristen Purcell, Lee Rainie, Amy Mitchell, Tom Rosenstiel, and Kenny Olmstead; title: The traditional values of news journalism have been under attack / Tessa Mayes; title: The media have always been biased / Jeremy D. Boreing; title: Journalists must strive for objectivity / David Brooks; title: Journalism & status quos: quest for objectivity has actually created a moral void / Chris Hedges; title: It is naïve to think that journalists can avoid bias / Andrew R. Cline; title: The transparency of the new social media eliminates the need for objectivity / Matthew Ingram; title: Verification is more important than objectivity / Jack Shafer; title: The mainstream media are biased in favor of the Democratic party / Dan Whitfield; title: The mainstream media tilt toward the Republicans / Jonathan Weiler; title: Bias in the business media contributed to the financial crisis / Dean Starkman; title: Business media bias did not contribute to the financial crisis / Chris Roush; title: Scienceblogs raised questions about its credibility by hosting a nutrition blog for Pepsico / John Timmer; title: Bias often distorts the reporting of science news / Charles W. Schmidt.