The Media Bias In The 2008 Elections

Influences on parliament is a factor that plays a very big role in creating new laws due to support and backing that some groups have which enforces their opinions and brings them in to the parliament. This helps them put their ideas forward and force them through the parliament so that they can become a law. There are 3 main influencers:

In the article, “America 's Tradition of media bias” states that “the vast majority of American history, we have had biased media.” It has not been as bad as media bias is today. For example on past media bias “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine, people described it as “fanatical” why? Because, he turned many people view on King George by saying things like; “Even brutes don’t devour their young, nor savages make war upon their

News is how we learn about what is happening around us. In our communities, in our country, and throughout the world. We rely on newspapers, radio, television, and online sources to give us the facts about the news. We expect to be informed of situations, and not swayed by the bias of those reporting this information. In a perfect world, we would be given the facts at face value, but unfortunately, the news we are given are heavily stained with biases and other manipulative techniques to sway our view point. In the readings we were presented in the modules of this course, the authors have made claims and used pathos in order to strike fear and anger in the audience. They present the argument and evidence of one side, using interviews from those who share their point of view, and use powerful rhetoric to invoke emotion in the reader for their particular claim. There is no evidence for the other side, no points

Before media, politicians and other newsmakers had to rely on word of mouth to communicate the various messages they were espousing. However, they found this was an unreliable method of communication and the first newspapers and other media mediums were created. This comes at a drawback. As media companies grow larger and larger, they become more susceptible to bias. This has lead to a proliferation of bias across the many media companies in existence today. Media bias has a very large effect on society and most often in a negative way. There are four specific effects that will be discussed. These are, it undermines the public’s trust in the media, it leads to a decline in productive discussion, it can ruin the reputation of businesses or individuals

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover, they say. We don’t control the thoughts people make on us. Who knows if what the media is saying is true, nobody, only they know. We believe everything the media says. In the article, “Media Bias Comes From Viewers Like You”, the author Tyler Cowen says the media advertises us something but we the people have a different perspective and chose what to think. In the article, “Media Bias Comes From Viewers Like You”, Tyler Cowen shows throughout his claim that he uses the ethos, pathos and logos in his arguments to support his ideas about how people make the media bias. The author uses credibility information from the TV news CNN, emotion being sad about the media not saying what we should actually know, and logic by stating what we should do and persuade us to think differently about media bias.

In 1994, The White House launched its first website, which later prompt Clinton to be the first president to use email. Though, he only composed two emails throughout his presidency, Clinton first email was made to astronaut John Glenn, while in space, on a Toshiba Satellite Pro laptop. While new media shapes the way political news reach voters, it is important to gather how the engagement with voter on social media can benefit campaigns.

When thinking of the media you think they are reporting the appropriate and accurate information not based on any personal opinions and feelings. Also one would not think the media would be reporting based on one side of politics or the other. The media is extremely biased when it comes to politics and news. While some of the media is conservative-biased I believe the mass media is liberal-biased. Majority of media outlets are liberal companies, media personnel and journalists will identify themselves as democrats and liberals more so than republicans or conservatives and lastly the left side (liberals) of the mass media is persuasive on what information to report.

In his novel, How Partisan Media Polarize America, Matthew Levendusky analyzes partisan media and its effects on viewers. Levendusky comes up with several hypotheses after he conducted experiments with the effect of partisan media on viewers. In his first hypothesis, the Like-Minded Attitude Hypothesis, Levendusky says, “On average, exposure to like-minded partisan media will polarize attitudes”(Levendusky 52). When people's attitudes are affirmed by partisan media then they are more likely to go the further extreme on whatever side they are on. However, when people watch political media that does not agree with or affirm their own biases and views they, similarly, become more polarized. According to Levendusky, “On average, exposure to cross cutting political media will polarize attitudes”(Levendusky 53). This hypothesis is called the crosscutting attitude hypothesis. He also makes the point that partisan viewers with more political knowledge will show the greatest tendency to engage in motivated reasoning, so they will be the most likely to polarize when shown partisan media. Levendusky’s third

Media bias is a real problem. When people are not aware of the facts alone, rather interpretation of facts, they are being manipulated. Media should report facts concisely and promptly with as much accurate information as possible. When networks allow to dictate how they report news, there is a much greater chance to be biased. When networks accept monetary incentives to report in a specific manner, there is a much greater chance to be biased. If the media would report information as it happens with factual information, American would be left to interpret the data how they see fit. The Americans ' background and socialization will allow the information to be digested and interpreted in specific way. The media needs to be a platform to share information on a specific topic accurately, not a place to advance one 's

Recently on TAM airlines a 50 year old called for the air hostess when she realised she had been seated next to a black man. She informed the hostess that she needed her seat changed immediately as she could not sit next to a coloured man.

Gender bias in the media is increasing significantly, because almost all countries share the belief that women are not meant to work in the media and also most media coverage are about men; no matter how economically developed a country is. Even in countries like England and Sweden there are fewer females in the media industry and in the media as compared to other less economically developed countries like Ghana, and Nigeria; and no matter how progressive a country may seem in terms of gender equality, gender is still biased towards women in the media and the media

When it comes to developing the future workforce, the disproportionate allocation of resources majorly contributes to the reproduction of white elitism. According to Robert T. Carter, the author of Addressing Cultural Issues in Organizations, there are multiple high-quality resources, such as skilled teachers and advanced technology, that are available within suburban school districts. In contrast, urban school districts mostly consist of people of color do not have access to resources of similar quality. Instead, they have teachers who tend to be under qualified and easily give up on students who are struggling academically. In addition, people from similar socioeconomic backgrounds tend to live in same areas due to the various costs of housing

Political Bias in media is one of the most rampant examples of bias in terms of its influence on mindsets of people. The statement above by Edward R. Murrow makes total sense in today’s world. Political Bias is at its peak during elections. Public has to vote for candidates and much information about the candidates comes from media. Media, during these times, takes this advantage. Political bias can occur in two ways- individualistic bias and gatekeeping. Individualistic bias occurs when an individual reporter skews the views he or she is reporting because of a personal bias. Gatekeeping occurs when a group of journalists or editors come together and skew the coverage in a way they want, hiding the actual

The process of political socialization is what happens throughout a person’s life can influence their political ideology. There have been three main factors that have been major influences on my political ideology. These three factors are schools, peers, and mass media. These three factors are a driving force of why I am a republican to this day.

Bias is prejudice about someone or something which has been created based on incomplete information. More often bias has a negative effect as it affects other people, our way of thinking that could be driven into stereotypes frame. Every day we face with a huge number of biases and some of us even do not know about the existence of them. If it gets to that point when something suffers from it, people need to overcome biases. There are a lot of examples of biases in our world. It is everywhere. An example of bias can be found in politics and media. Frequently politicians feel that the press is biased toward them in an unfair way. On January 20, 2017, a reporter from the magazine “Time” falsely reported President Trump removed the bust of Martin Luther King from the Oval Office. This information was quickly spread. Then further investigations reveal that the bust was still there but it was