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Bias, frames and the politics of news coverage 1 (Media Bias (Chomsky…
Bias, frames and the politics of news coverage 1
Media Bias
McCarthy
Journalists, and the media in general, would like to be seen as neutral.
In reality, we suggest that the media is anything but neutral. Journalists are not only incentivized to be negatively biased, but by selecting, framing, and analyzing events, even those who want to be neutral will impact their audience’s view of the world.
media intentional and unintentional, impacts
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Cammaerts et al
the degree of viciousness and antagonism with which the majority of the British newspapers have treated Corbyn is deemed to be highly problematic from a democratic perspective.
Certainly democracies need their media to challenge power and offer robust debate, but when this transgresses into an antagonism that undermines legitimate political voices that dare to contest the current status quo, then it is not democracy that is served.
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Problem with Bias
‘Bias’ assumes a notion of ‘truth’, from which biased reports deviate. But can we access or know this ‘truth’?
Language, rather than facts, create our sense of our world
Two statements about the same thing can be true, but the meaning that they convey may be different
Framing
Framing is a way for ‘journalists and communicators’ to present complicated or extensive information in a way that is comprehensible and accessible
Framing is where people use ‘information and presentation features’ to influence how we think about political actors and issues
Framing Politics
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coverage reflects formal constitution of democracy, but does it reflect the reality of power?
persistent patterns of cognition, interpretations, and presentation, of selection [and] emphasis ... [that are] largely unspoken and unacknowledged ... [and] organize the world for both journalists [and] for those of us who read their reports