Collective mass media bias, social media, and non-partisans
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.04.015
Abstract: This paper builds a simple political agency model to demonstrate that there is a possible collective bias in the reporting of political issues, and suggests that this bias may lead society to a collective failure,… read more here.
Keywords: social media; mass media; bias social; collective mass ... See more keywords
Measuring dynamic media bias
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2202197119
Abstract: Ideological media bias is increasingly central to the study of politics. Yet, past literature often assumes that the ideological bias of any outlet, at least in the short term, is static and exogenous to the… read more here.
Keywords: media bias; time; ideology; bias ... See more keywords
Known unknowns: media bias in the reporting of political violence
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DOI: 10.1080/03050629.2020.1814758
Abstract: ABSTRACT How does sourcing affect which events are included in international relations datasets? The increasing number of machine-coded datasets offers the promise of coding a larger corpus of documents more quickly, but existing automated processes… read more here.
Keywords: media sources; bias reporting; unknowns media; known unknowns ... See more keywords
Data Driven Model to Investigate Political Bias in Mainstream Media
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DOI: 10.1109/access.2023.3270630
Abstract: Media bias refers to the tendency of mainstream media outlets to report news in a way that reflects their own political, social, or ideological beliefs or preferences. Such bias may obfuscate facts, manipulate public beliefs,… read more here.
Keywords: media bias; driven model; mainstream media; news ... See more keywords
Media Bias in China
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DOI: 10.1257/aer.20170947
Abstract: This paper examines whether and how market competition affected the political bias of government-owned newspapers in China from 1981 to 2011. We measure media bias based on coverage of government mouthpiece content ( propaganda) relative… read more here.
Keywords: propaganda; content; bias china; competition ... See more keywords
How do we raise media bias awareness effectively? Effects of visualizations to communicate bias
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266204
Abstract: Media bias has a substantial impact on individual and collective perception of news. Effective communication that may counteract its potential negative effects still needs to be developed. In this article, we analyze how to facilitate… read more here.
Keywords: media bias; effectively effects; awareness effectively; bias awareness ... See more keywords
Media Bias and Factors Affecting the Impartiality of News Agencies during COVID-19
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DOI: 10.3390/bs12090313
Abstract: When COVID-19 was raging around the world, people were more fearful and anxious. In this context, the media should uphold impartiality and shoulder the responsibility of eliminating misinformation. Therefore, our research adopted sentiment analysis technologies… read more here.
Keywords: media bias; impartiality news; news agencies; news ... See more keywords