Full Description
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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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
