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Lexington Studies in Political Communication Ser.: Media Bias in Presidential Election Coverage 1948-2008 : Evaluation Via Formal Measurement by David W. D'Alessio (2013, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherLexington Books/Fortress Academic
ISBN-100739164759
ISBN-139780739164754
eBay Product ID (ePID)169553439
Product Key Features
Number of Pages154 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMedia Bias in Presidential Election Coverage 1948-2008 : Evaluation Via Formal Measurement
Publication Year2013
SubjectPolitical Process / Campaigns & Elections, Communication Studies, Media Studies, Journalism
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science
AuthorDavid W. D'alessio
SeriesLexington Studies in Political Communication Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight7.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5.8 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsD'Alessio provides important perspective on a critical issue in presidential politics. Media Bias in Presidential Election Coverage, as a whole, presents one of our most comprehensive works on the subject., This book is an important contribution to a significant topic: bias in news coverage of presidential campaigns. The book confirms and extends a previous study with substantially more data and with new data. This is an important resource for those interested in campaigns and in news coverage., D'Alessio provides important perspective on a critical issue in presidential politics. Media Bias in Presidential ElectionCoverage, as a whole, presents one of our most comprehensive works on the subject., Communications scientist Dave D'Alessio employs social scientific methods to examine media coverage across sixteen presidential elections from 1948 through 2008, evaluating potential bias based on party, ideology, type of medium, volume of coverage, tone or valance, and public or private ownership. . . .At the end of his study, D'Alessio synthesizes his findings and provides direction for future research. . . .The book contains the full data set, which will be a benefit for all subsequent examinations of media bias.
Table Of ContentChapter One: On the Nature of Media Bias Chapter Two: Forces Acting on the News Chapter Three: The Challenges of Measuring Bias Chapter Four: Are "The Media" "Biased"? Chapter Five: Myths and Realities of Coverage Chapter Six: Conclusions, Caveats, and Ruminations
SynopsisAccusations of partisan bias in Presidential election coverage are suspect at best and self-serving at worst. They are generally supported by the methodology of instance confirmation, tainted by the hostile media effect, and based on simplistic visions of how the news media are organized. Media Bias in Presidential Election Coverage 1948-2008 by Dave D'Alessio, is a revealing analysis that shows the news media have four essential natures: as journalistic entities, businesses, political actors, and property, all of which can act to create news coverage biases, in some cases in opposing directions. By meta-analyzing the results of 99 previous examinations of media coverage of Presidential elections from 1948 to 2008, D'Alessio reveals that coverage has no aggregate partisan bias either way, even though there are small biases in specific realms that are generally insubstantial. Furthermore, while publishers used to control coverage preferences, this practice has become negligible in recent years. Media Bias proves that, at least in terms of Presidential election coverage, The New York Times is not the most liberal paper in America and the Fox News channel is substantially more conservative in news coverage than the broadcast networks. Finally, Media Bias in Presidential Election Coverage 1948-2008 predicts that no amount of evidence will cause political candidates to cease complaining about bias because such accusations have both strategic potential in campaigns and an undeniable utility in ego defense., In Media Bias in Presidential Election Coverage 1948-2008, Dave D'Alessio employs meta-analytic techniques to examine whether there are partisan biases in coverage of Presidential election campaigns in newspapers, on TV, and in the news magazines. This study further analyses the four essential natures of news media: as journalistic entities, property, businesses, and political actors. Aggregating the results of 99 previous studies, D'Alessio scrutinizes bias claims in news media, and why political candidates consistently make such accusations.
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