Media bias


 
 

:This is the main article on Media bias. For specific information on liberal and conservative bias in the United States, please see Media bias in the United States.

Types of Bias

  • Ethnic or racial bias, including racism, nationalism and regionalism.
  • Corporate bias, including advertising, coverage of political campaigns in such a way as to favor corporate interests, and the reporting of issues to favor the interests of the owners of the news media.
  • Class bias, including bias favoring one social class and bias ignoring social or class divisions.
  • Political bias, including bias in favor of or against a particular political party or candidate.
  • Religious bias, including bias in which one religious viewpoint is given preference over others.
  • Sensationalism, which is bias in favor of the exceptional over the ordinary. This includes the practice whereby exceptional news may be overemphasized, distorted or fabricated to boost commercial ratings.
  • Ideological bias based on personal philosophy which may include liberalism, conservativism, progressivism, communism, etc.
  • Peer culture bias, which is bias based on popular opinions of one's peer group which may include environmentalism, anti-globalism, etc.


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~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Types of Bias
Studies and theories of media bias
Efforts to correct bias
History of bias in the mass media
Role of language in media bias
National and ethnic viewpoint
Media Bias and Religion
Other influences
See also
Bibliography
References
External links
 


 

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