Evaluating Media Bias
Evaluating Media Bias by Adam J. Schiffer, published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2018, is a concise resource comprising 150 pages in English. This book addresses the significant and ongoing issue of media bias, particularly in the context of the political landscape following the 2016 election. Schiffer provides an academically informed yet accessible overview of the key concepts and controversies surrounding media bias, exploring the partisan-bias debate and the real biases affecting American political news.
Readers will find a thorough examination of media bias, including timely case studies that illustrate the patterns and shortcomings present in contemporary journalism. The text introduces an original framework designed to unify various discussions on this topic, making it a valuable tool for students of American politics and engaged citizens. By equipping readers with the means to detect and evaluate bias, Evaluating Media Bias encourages participation in the national conversation regarding the state of American news media.
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Media bias has been a hot-button issue for several decades and it features prominently in the post-2016 political conversation. Yet, it receives only spotty treatment in existing materials aimed at political communication or introductory American politics courses.
Evaluating Media Bias is a brief, supplemental resource that provides an academically informed but broadly accessible overview of the major concepts and controversies involving media bias. Adam Schiffer explores the contours of the partisan-bias debate before pivoting to real biases: the patterns, constraints, and shortcomings plaguing American political news. Media bias is more relevant than ever in the aftermath of the presidential election, which launched a flurry of media criticism from scholars, commentators, and thoughtful news professionals.
Engaging and informative, this text reviews what we know about media bias, offers timely case studies as illustration, and introduces an original framework for unifying diverse conversations about this topic that is the subject of so much ire in our country. Evaluating Media Bias allows students of American politics, and politically aware citizens alike, the means of detecting and evaluating bias for themselves, and thus join the national conversation about the state of American news media.
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