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The top five most frequent non-politician panellists all write for The Spectator.
Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
This bias in science journalism seems not to be due only to pragmatic concerns about time zones or the language spoken in the country where the scientist is based.
How the media talks about suffering on one side compared with the other can often reveal bias in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict coverage, writes a scholar of media bias and the Arab world.
Language has been dubbed “the covert operations of war”, such is the power it holds in shaping public opinion. Here’s what we found about the way Australian media has been framing the conflict.
While President Joe Biden has low approval ratings, few other American presidents − with the exception of FDR and Warren Harding − have experienced such a run of good media luck.
The South African print often uses language that portrays foreigners in a bad light, and dehumanises them.
Computer scientists are overwhelmingly present in AI news coverage in Canada, while critical voices who could speak to the current and potential adverse effects of AI are lacking.
The news media provide a very particular case study of gender discrimination.
Deficit discourse is created, in part, by a mainstream media and screen culture that is overwhelmingly white and doesn’t reflect the cultural diversity of its population.
Many people define ‘bias’ as ‘anything that doesn’t agree with me.’ But are the news media really biased?
African media also emphasise the west as superior and Africa as inferior.
There is no understating the impact Williams has had on the game itself. But her role in helping sports journalists reimagine the scope of their work is a key part of her enduring legacy.
The study reveals a consistently biased and negative depiction of sex workers by news media in Nigeria.
A series of in-depth interviews with self-described conservatives found concerns that go beyond concerns about selective facts or obvious partisanship.
If women are to have a public voice in Ghana’s media ecology then a great deal more needs to happen.
The accusation of bias is like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to the ideal of objectivity, the more vulnerable they are to complaints made in bad faith.
A social psychologist explains how to avoid being misled, and how to prevent yourself – and others – from spreading inaccurate information.
Reasons why women’s voices are ignored in science reporting range from socio-cultural influences that inform gender norms, to perceptions of leadership and political power structures.
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Professor of Communication, Cardiff University
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Professor of Communication and Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in Media and Communication, University of Leicester
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Professor of Journalism in the Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Sociology, Aston University
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Chair Professor, Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University
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Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
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Professor of Journalism, University of Sussex
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Professor of Communication and Media Analysis, Loughborough University
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Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer in Media & Journalism at UCFB, University Campus of Football Business
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Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University
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Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide
