Skewed
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Skewed

A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias

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eBook - ePub

Skewed

A Critical Thinker's Guide to Media Bias

About this book

In a media landscape dominated by advocacy news networks pushing competing points of view, how can the average person uncover the truth about any particular issue? This book will show you how to separate the facts from the agenda-driven spin and selective presentation often used by such news sources as Fox and MSNBC. The author describes the goals of advocacy journalism-i.e., journalism that transparently advocates a biased worldview-and shows that it has been a part of our history since the 1700s. He assesses the role of talk radio, cable news networks, and the more recent phenomena of special-interest blogs, websites, and citizen journalists in creating the current media climate. While conceding that advocacy journalism is undoubtedly popular and has some positive aspects, the author also points out its many negative features. Perhaps the most important of these is its polarizing effect on society. Skewed will give readers the tools to critique the media, to see both sides of any issue, and to become better informed citizens and voters.

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Information

Publisher
Prometheus
Year
2016
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781633881662
Subtopic
Conservatism & Liberalism
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. CONTENTS
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: Going Inside the Echo Chamber
  8. Chapter 2: What's the Goal and Purpose of Advocacy Journalism?
  9. Chapter 3: The Early History of Advocacy Journalism: The Late 1700s and the 1800s
  10. Chapter 4: The Rise of Corporate, Objective Journalism, and the Inverted Pyramid
  11. Chapter 5: The Op-Ed Page, Editorial Page, Columnists, Editorial Cartoons, Yellow Journalism, Muckraking Journalism, and Investigative Reporting
  12. Chapter 6: The Start of the Big Change: The Rise of Talk Radio in the Late 1980s
  13. Chapter 7: The Rise of Fake Entertainment News and Celebrity Journalism
  14. Chapter 8: The Rise of Sponsored Content
  15. Chapter 9: The Rise of Fox News
  16. Chapter 10: The Response of MSNBC
  17. Chapter 11: The Rise of Blogging, Biased Websites, YouTube, Social Media, and Citizen Journalism and Their Relevance Today
  18. Chapter 12: Is the Mainstream Media Liberally Biased? Does the Media Try to Be Objective and Balanced?
  19. Chapter 13: What's News? What Are the Factors Used by the Media in Deciding What to Report? How Is Bias Displayed in the Selection Process?
  20. Chapter 14: The Process of Reporting and How It Can Affect Bias
  21. Chapter 15: The Polarizing Effect of Advocacy Journalism on Politics and Society
  22. Chapter 16: The Popularity of Advocacy Journalism and Its Influence
  23. Chapter 17: What's Good about Advocacy Journalism?
  24. Chapter 18: What's Bad about Advocacy Journalism?
  25. Chapter 19: The Future of Advocacy Journalism and Balanced Journalism
  26. Chapter 20: The Importance of Being a Savvy Media Consumer
  27. Conclusion
  28. Notes
  29. Index

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