scholarly journals There is no liberal media bias in which news stories political journalists choose to cover

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (14) ◽  
pp. eaay9344
Author(s):  
Hans J. G. Hassell ◽  
John B. Holbein ◽  
Matthew R. Miles
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Media Bias ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Political News ◽  
News Stories ◽  
The Media ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Political Journalists ◽  
The Many

Is the media biased against conservatives? Although a dominant majority of journalists identify as liberals/Democrats and many Americans and public officials frequently decry supposedly high and increasing levels of media bias, little compelling evidence exists as to (i) the ideological or partisan leanings of the many journalists who fail to answer surveys and/or identify as independents and (ii) whether journalists’ political leanings bleed into the choice of which stories to cover that Americans ultimately consume. Using a unique combination of a large-scale survey of political journalists, data from journalists’ Twitter networks, election returns, a large-scale correspondence experiment, and a conjoint survey experiment, we show definitively that the media exhibits no bias against conservatives (or liberals for that matter) in what news that they choose to cover. This shows that journalists’ individual ideological leanings have unexpectedly little effect on the vitally important, but, up to this point, unexplored, early stage of political news generation.

Analysis of Media Bias—Glenn Beck TV Shows: A Content Analysis

2021 ◽  
pp. 097325862110489
Author(s):  
Rizwan Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Discourse ◽  
Media Bias ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
President Obama ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Political Reality ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tv Shows ◽  
Conservative Values

This study provides an overview of the media’s role in shaping public discourse and belief through framing news stories in a biased perspective and setting an agenda that is in keeping with the interests of the corporate and institutional funders of the media apparatus. Support for such an analysis is provided by a literature review that covers many critical aspects of news framing, agenda setting and cultivation theory, especially with respect to the emergence of a new ‘network society’. The ‘content analysis’ approach is utilised to search for biased content via the use of coders and decoders in some 140 randomly selected sampled links of the ‘Glenn Beck’ show during the two periods of time from 1 January 2010 to 30 June 2010, and from 1 January 2011 to 30 June 2011, each of these periods consisting of 70 samples. The results ultimately show that the programme almost unilaterally provides supportive views of moral conservative values, and slight negative portrayals of Muslims. The programme presents critical views of President Obama and his policies, although the finding in opposing Obama’s policies is not statistically significant. The significance of these findings is discussed within the larger context of media bias and its influence on political reality, as well as public discourse and belief; although the study and hence, the findings suggesting ‘bias’ do not represent the entire media industry representing conservative values.

scholarly journals Pemeriksaan Cemaran Kapang Pada Udara Dan Pakaian Santri Di Salah Satu Pondok Pesantren Surabaya Timur

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Anindita Riesti Retno Arimurti ◽  
Fitrotin Azizah
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Boarding Schools ◽  
Isolation Technique ◽  
Small Scales ◽  
The Media ◽  
Aspergillus Sp ◽  
The Many ◽  
Positive Results

Dormitory is a place for student who built in various small scales to a very large scale. Of the many dormitory residents with bad space such as lack of ventilation and incoming sunlight, the large number of scattered students' clothes causes the room to become damp. The presence of air mold is caused by the lack of ventilation as well as the humidity of the room environment in the dormitory which can cause several diseases, one of which is ARI. The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not there is mold contamination on air in the room and clothes of the students at one of the Islamic boarding schools in East Surabaya. This type of research is descriptive. The sample used is air in several dormitory rooms at one of the Islamic boarding schools in East Surabaya. This research method uses the isolation technique of Sabauraud Dextose Agar (SDA) media which is partially opened and then placed in several rooms in this Islamic boarding school. Second, 30 samples of clothes were taken randomly from students from different disciplines and then scratched on SDA media. In the results of macroscopic observations, of the 30 sampled rooms. Microscopic colonies of cotton taken from the media showed positive results for hyphae, mycellium, spores, and conidiospores. The results obtained were positive there were Aspergillus sp.  with the percentage was 100% while the results of the students' clothing swabs, from 30 clothing samples found 80% positive for mold contamination.

scholarly journals An outbreak of meningococcal disease in Stonehouse: planning and execution of a large-scale survey

1987 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 579-589 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Stuart ◽  
K. A. V. Cartwright ◽  
D. M. Jones ◽  
N. D. Noah ◽  
R. J. Wall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meningococcal Disease ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Blood Group Antigens ◽  
Laboratory Service ◽  
The Public ◽  
Resistant Strains ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
The Many ◽  
Group B ◽  
Preliminary Planning

SUMMARYIn November 1986 a large-scale survey was undertaken in the Gloucestershire town of Stonehouse during an outbreak of meningococcal disease due to group B type 15 subtype Pl. 16 sulphonamide-resistant strains. There were 15 cases in Stonehouse residents during the 4 years from April 1983, an annual attack rate of 56·5 per 100000. Four secondary cases occurred despite rifampicin prophylaxis. The objectives of this community survey were to investigate patterns of meningococcal carriage, transmission and immunity and to determine the proportion of non-secretors of blood group antigens in the Stonehouse population find amongst meningococcal carriers. A total of 6237 subjects participated including 75% of the 6635 Stonehouse residents. Over 97% of the participants provided all three of the requested specimens – nasopharyngeal swabs, saliva and blood samples.The co-operation between the many organizations involved in the detailed preliminary planning was instrumental in the success of the survey; in particular the value of effective collaboration between Departments of Community Medicine and Microbiology and of the Public Health Laboratory Service network of laboratories in undertaking investigations of this size and type was clearly demonstrated.

scholarly journals Discussion Analysis Based on the Symlog Model: A System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 203-209
Author(s):  
Nuramila
Keyword(s):  
Online News ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Multiple Level ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Knowledge And Beliefs ◽  
The Media ◽  
Data Collection Technique ◽  
Main Instrument ◽  
The Many ◽  
Terrorism Discourse

News about acts of terrorism has colored many media. Terrorism has been identified with taboo activities in actions that often threaten the peace and tranquility of the community, which always threaten and cause many casualties. One of the media that reports on terrorism are the online news portal Republika.co.id. Of the many reports that exist, the researcher tries to examine how the media, especially online portals, report the reality of terrorism events using the SYMLOG (method of discourse analysis A System for the Multiple Level Observation of Groups). Critical discourse is a series of knowledge and beliefs that are constructed by certain communities in discourse (in this case terrorism discourse) with the hope that their goals can be achieved. Behind the choice of words, phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and texts hidden ideology and power. Based on this background, the problems in this research are formulated, namely: (1) How is the construction of terrorism discourse using the SYMLOG model in thenews media Republika.co.id? (2) How is the linguistic representation in the discourse of terrorism in thenews media Republika.co.id?. The approach used in this study is a qualitative approach. Then the type of research used in this research is descriptive research. The primary data in this study is the entire research subject studied. In this case, the researcher took 10 news stories on Republika.co.id related to terrorism. The researcher acts as the main instrument in this research. The data collection technique used in this research is to use documentation, listening techniques, and recording. Based on the results of the study, it was found that the construction of the SYMLOG model of terrorism discourse in thenews media Republika.co.id used the form of verbal behavior, pro values, contra values, setbacks, conflicts, sympathy, achievements. Linguistic representations in the discourse of terrorism in thenews media Republika.co.id are at the level of verbs, clauses, sentences, adjective phrases, verb phrases, noun words, and noun phrases.

scholarly journals Competing socio-technical narratives in times of grid capacity challenges: the representative case of Sweden

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frans Libertson
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Power Production ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Electricity System ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Many ◽  
Electricity Shortage ◽  
Lock In

Abstract Background Around the globe the electricity sector is strikingly similar, as regardless of nation it is structured around centralized large-scale power production. However, these centralized systems are currently experiencing operational problems related to climate change, energy security and aging grid infrastructures. In Sweden, the lack of investment and maintenance of the grid have created bottlenecks in certain regions, which are now facing an electricity shortage. This capacity crisis has received the attention of the media and generated a debate around the future trajectory of the electricity system. Results The purpose of this study is to analyze the ongoing media discourse in Sweden to determine whether there is a dominant narrative in the debate and its potential implications. The findings indicate that the government is unanimously held accountable for the electricity shortage and that there is a strong inclination toward a centralized electricity system as a solution. Conclusion The results indicate that the dominating centralized narrative, should it receive too much traction, might create a technological lock-in and result in overlooking the many advantages of a decentralized electricity system. Ultimately, this might give rise to an outdated electricity system that stalls its transformation toward a more sustainable path.

The Many (Subtle) Ways Parents Game the System: Mixed-method Evidence on the Transition into Secondary-school Tracks in Germany

2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanna Dumont ◽  
Denise Klinge ◽  
Kai Maaz
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Transition Process ◽  
Academic Track ◽  
Method Evidence ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
The Many ◽  
Depth Interviews

We analyze the subtle mechanisms at work in the interaction between families and schools that underlie social inequalities at the transition point from elementary school into secondary-school tracks in Berlin, Germany. We do so by combining quantitative data from a large-scale survey and assessment study ( N = 3,935 students and their parents) with qualitative data from in-depth interviews with parents ( N = 25) collected during the 2010–11, 2011–12, and 2012–13 school years. The quantitative analyses show that students from high–socioeconomic status (SES) families were more likely to enter the academic track than were students from low-SES families, even if they performed equally well on a standardized achievement test, had the same grades in school, and received the same track recommendation from their teachers. The qualitative analyses illustrate the many ways in which parents intervene during the transition process, with high-SES parents having particularly effective ways of getting what they want for their children.

The Special Case of Youth and Digital Information Credibility

2012 ◽  
pp. 148-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miriam J. Metzger ◽  
Andrew J. Flanagin ◽  
Ryan Medders ◽  
Rebekah Pure ◽  
Alex Markov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Life Experience ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Information Credibility ◽  
The Media ◽  
Large Scale Survey

The vast amount of information available online makes the origin of information, its quality, and its veracity less clear than ever before, shifting the burden on individual users to assess information credibility. Contemporary youth are a particularly important group to consider with regard to credibility issues because of the tension between their technical and social immersion with digital media, and their relatively limited development and life experience compared to adults (Metzger & Flanagin, 2008). Although children may be highly skilled in their use of digital media, they may be inhibited in terms of their ability to discern quality online information due to their level of cognitive and emotional development, personal experience, or familiarity with the media apparatus compared to adults. This chapter presents the findings of a large-scale survey of children in the U.S. ages 11-18 years examining young people’s beliefs about the credibility of information available online, and the strategies they use to evaluate it. Findings from the study inform theoretical, practical, and policy considerations in relation to children’s digital literacy skills concerning credibility evaluation.

Understanding the Psychology of Mobile Phone Use and Mobile Shopping of the 1990s Cohort in China

2018 ◽  
pp. 88-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Haught ◽  
Ran Wei ◽  
Yang Xuerui ◽  
Jin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Mobile Shopping ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
The Media ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Using Data

As the first of its kind, this study presents a theory-informed large-scale survey of China's most independent-minded and media-savvy citizens — the 1990s cohort of the Millennial generation — to understand the psychology of their mobile telephoning and shopping habits. In doing so, we applied the lifestyle segmentation approach to predict mobile media consumption and mobile shopping. Using data collected from a probability sample 1,600 respondents from China's leading cities, this study identifies six population segments within the 1990s cohort and analyzed the media consumption and mobile shopping habits for each segment. Results show mobile shopping was in its infancy in China. The segment of Online Social Climbers spend the most on mobile handsets and on mobile services, while the Bargain-Seekers segment spent the least. Implications of the findings for mobile marketers are discussed.

scholarly journals Why do civil servants experience media-stress differently and what can be done about it?

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 599-620
Author(s):  
Thomas Schillemans ◽  
Rune Karlsen ◽  
Kristoffer Kolltveit
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
The Media ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Practical Recommendations

Pressure from the media affects the daily work of bureaucrats and induces ‘media stress’, with potentially critical effects on the quality of public policy. This article analyses how bureaucrats’ daily work has been adapted to the media (‘mediatised’) and which groups of bureaucrats experience the most media-stress. Reporting the results of an original and large-scale survey (N=4,655) this article demonstrates that levels of media-stress vary among different groups of civil servants. In turn, its analysis suggests that media-stress is more pronounced in the Netherlands than in Norway, is more concentrated in the lower rungs of administrative hierarchies and is related to media pressures on organisations. By untangling the underlying logic of mediatisation and the dynamics of media-stress, this article makes an important contribution to extant scholarship and also provides a series of practical recommendations.

Understanding the Psychology of Mobile Phone Use and Mobile Shopping of the 1990s Cohort in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 68-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J. Haught ◽  
Ran Wei ◽  
Yang Xuerui ◽  
Jin Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Media Consumption ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Mobile Shopping ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
The Media ◽  
Large Scale Survey ◽  
Using Data

As the first of its kind, this study presents a theory-informed large-scale survey of China's most independent-minded and media-savvy citizens — the 1990s cohort of the Millennial generation — to understand the psychology of their mobile telephoning and shopping habits. In doing so, we applied the lifestyle segmentation approach to predict mobile media consumption and mobile shopping. Using data collected from a probability sample 1,600 respondents from China's leading cities, this study identifies six population segments within the 1990s cohort and analyzed the media consumption and mobile shopping habits for each segment. Results show mobile shopping was in its infancy in China. The segment of Online Social Climbers spend the most on mobile handsets and on mobile services, while the Bargain-Seekers segment spent the least. Implications of the findings for mobile marketers are discussed.

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