media bias

Examples of media bias in the following topics:

• Mass Media and Technology

  • The term media comes from Latin meaning, "middle," suggesting that the media's function is to connect people.
  • Media bias refers the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media.
  • The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article.
  • The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely disputed .
  • The apparent bias of media is not always specifically political in nature.

• Prejudice, Bias, and Discrimination

  • Post-judgments or beliefs and viewpoints derived from experience that maintain unfair or stereotypical perspectives on a group of people is more accurately referred to as bias.
  • Prejudice can be taught, socialized, or conveyed through other means, like mass media.
  • Bias can develop through pronounced negative interactions with the stereotyped groups.
  • Both bias and prejudice are generally viewed as negative.

• Gender Bias in the Classroom

  • Gender-based achievement gaps suggest the existence of gender bias in the classroom.
  • Teachers may reinforce gender bias simply by drawing distinctions between boys and girls.
  • Teachers may reinforce gender bias simply by drawing distinctions between boys and girls.
  • If test score gaps are evidence of gender bias, where does that gender bias come from?
  • Further, though most research and debate about gender bias in the classroom focuses on bias against girls, recent evidence suggests that boys may be falling behind girls, especially in literacy.

• Racism

  • race is the primary determinant of human capacities (prejudice or bias)
  • a certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others (prejudice or bias)
  • individuals should be treated differently according to their racial classification (prejudice or bias)
  • Individual-level racism is prejudice, bias, or discrimination displayed in an interaction between two or more people.
  • A powerful tool in our current age of Color Blind Racism involves the depiction of racial minorities via media outlets.

• Theories of Socialization

  • The family is certainly important in reinforcing gender roles, but so are one's friends, school, work, and the mass media.
  • Cultural socialization refers to parenting practices that teach children about their racial history or heritage and, sometimes, is referred to as "pride development. " Preparation for bias refers to parenting practices focused on preparing children to be aware of, and cope with, discrimination.

• Sexism

  • " A 2005 Gallup poll found that 92% of Americans would vote for a female candidate, but follow-up research found that this percentage was the result of response bias.
  • Recent research illustrates the pervasiveness of sexism in the media.
  • Whether this treatment of women in sport is intentional or not, it is a clear example of sexism in the media.

• Propaganda and the Mass Media

  • Mass media can be employed to manipulate populations to further the power elite's agenda.
  • Herman and Noam Chomsky to explain how propaganda and systemic biases function in mass media.
  • These two models—the propaganda and the "power elite" conceptualization—evidence how mass media can be used to reinforce the powerful's positions of power and interests.
  • During the Gulf War (1990), the media's failure to report on Saddam Hussein's peace offers guided the public to look more favorably on the U.S. government's actions.
  • Evaluate the impact of mass media as propaganda, particularly in terms of the "power elite"

• The Role of the Media

  • Media can influence politics by what they say, but also by what they don't say.
  • Gatekeeping occurs at all levels of the media structure, from a reporter deciding which sources are included in a story to editors deciding which stories are printed or covered, and includes media outlet owners and even advertisers.
  • Media are often referred to as synonymous with mass media or news media, but may refer to a single medium used to communicate any data for any purpose.
  • Media of the United States consist of several different types of communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites.
  • Gatekeeping occurs at all levels of the media structure, from a reporter deciding which sources are included in a story to editors deciding which stories are printed or covered, and includes media outlet owners and even advertisers.

• Gender Messages in Mass Media

  • In mass media, women tend to have less significant roles than men, and are often portrayed in stereotypical roles, such as wives or mothers.
  • Gender socialization occurs through four major agents: family, education, peer groups, and mass media.
  • The music video for "Pimp," a song by 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and G-Unit, demonstrates how harmful gender messages can be disseminated through mass media.
  • The music video for "PIMP," a song by 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and G-Unit, demonstrates how gender messages are disseminated through mass media.
  • Discuss the types of gender socialization people get from viewing various types of media

• Racism

  • Race is the primary determinant of human capacities (prejudice or bias).
  • A certain race is inherently superior or inferior to others (prejudice or bias).
  • Individuals should be treated differently according to their racial classification (prejudice or bias).
  • Individual-level racism is prejudice, bias, or discrimination displayed in an interaction between two or more people.