media bias

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12:48 May 6, 2009

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Additional field(s): Government / Politics, Media / Multimedia

English term or phrase: media bias

Definition from thisnation.com:
Occurs when the media (individually or collectively) reports something that is inaccurate or one-sided because of ideology, political favoritism, reliance on limited (not treating both sides equally), or other factors. Bias can show up in coverage (or lack thereof) or in the content and analysis of stories.

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It is almost impossible for any network or journalistic publication not to be accused of some media bias. Subtle things like word choice, time limits on programming, needs to have sponsors in order to run a business, and choice of sponsors may all be examples of media bias. wiseGEEK
Research into studies of media bias in the United States shows that Liberal experimenters tend to get results that say the media has a conservative bias, while conservatives experimenters tend to get results that say the media has a liberal bias, and those who do not identify themselves as either liberal or conservative get results indicating little bias, or mixed bias. Wikipedia
Nothing ratchets up the perennial debate over media bias like a presidential election. But as Tim Groeling, a political scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles, observes, public discussions about media bias are often just “food fights,” with pundits and partisans throwing around anecdotes. Scientific American

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Ensidig mediedekning

Hege Jakobsen Lepri

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Ensidighet i mediene

michareisel (X)

skjev dekning

Ivan Eikås Skjøstad

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Ensidighet i mediene

Definition from own experience or research:
Ensidighet i mediene er situasjonen hvor kritikk av noe, som for eks. innvandre, USA, Serbia eller muslimer, blir gjentatt mange ganger med samme utgangspunkt, og uten at det gis mulighet for at andre meninger kan komme til uttrykk

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Muslimene i Norge/Europa opplever ensidigheten i mediene - Document.no

michareisel (X)
Netherlands
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of:

Norwegian,

Dutch

9 days confidence:

skjev dekning

Definition from own experience or research:
Skjev dekning oppstår når media fokuserer for mye på en side av en sak.

Example sentence(s):

At det kan ligge en journalistisk vurdering bak interessen for Hillary og Obama, er også Snoen enig i. – Det er ikke all skjev dekning som er feilaktig, noe av den kan også ha en legitim journalistisk begrunnelse, sier han. - www.journalisten.no

Ivan Eikås Skjøstad
Norway
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of:

Norwegian,

Norwegian (Bokmal)

19 days confidence:

Ensidig mediedekning

Definition from own experience or research:
Ensidig (eller ensrettet) mediedekning er et begrep som beskriver en situasjon der det store flertallet av massemedier bruker en enkelt vinkling på saken, og der det i utgangspunktet er avgjort hva som er korrekt og riktig.

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Utvalget kom til at det var riktig å ta opp den saken som var den direkte foranledning til at han tok sitt eget liv, men at ensrettet mediedekning over lengre tid var problematisk. - Tidsskrift for den norske legeforening
Mediedekningen av krigen i Georgia har vært svært ensidig. - NRK

Hege Jakobsen Lepri
Norway
Local time: 13:12
Native speaker of:

Norwegian

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