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Student Research Guide WQ25/ Impacts and Perceptions of the News

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  • AllSides. "Media Bias Ratings." AllSides, 5 Jan. 2024, https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-ratings.
    AllSides is a website that rates news sources based on their bias. It helps people compare different sources and see which ones lean left, right, or center.

  • Callcut, Daniel. "Media Bias." Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices, 2nd ed., Routledge, 2013. Credo Reference, https://search.credoreference.com/articles/Qm9va0FydGljbGU6NDA4Mjk1?aid=102912.
    This source is from a well-known encyclopedia and explains how news can be unfair. It talks about how people's political views shape news reporting and influence what they believe.

  • DeParle, Jason. "After the War: Long Series of Military Decisions Led to Gulf War News Censorship." New York Times, 5 May 1991. ProQuest, https://skagit.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/after-war-long-series-military-decisions-led-gulf/docview/428075355/se-2.
    Written by a journalist from The New York Times, this article explains how the government controlled news during the Gulf War. It shows how the public was kept in the dark about certain events.

  • Hamborg, Felix. Revealing Media Bias in News Articles: NLP Techniques for Automated Frame Analysis. Springer, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17693-7.
    This book talks about how computers help analyze media bias in news articles. It explains a method for identifying biased reporting in news stories.

  • Metropolitan Community College Library. "Media Bias." Metropolitan Community College Library, 15 Mar. 2023, https://www.mccneb.edu/Community-Business/Library/Research-101.
    This college library page helps students learn about media bias. It explains different types of bias and how to check if a news source is trustworthy.

  • Pew Research Center. "Political Polarization & Media Habits." Pew Research Center, 21 Oct. 2014, https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2014/10/21/political-polarization-media-habits/.
    Pew Research is a trusted group that studies public opinion. This source explains how people's political views affect the news they watch and trust.

  • Stony Brook University Library. "News Literacy: Detecting Bias in News Sources." Stony Brook University Library, 10 Feb. 2022, https://guides.library.stonybrook.edu/news/bias.
    A university library guide that explains how to spot biased reporting in news. It also gives tips on checking if a news story is true or misleading.

  • University of Rochester Newscenter. "Study of Headlines Shows Media Bias is Growing." University of Rochester Newscenter, 2023, https://www.rochester.edu/newscenter/study-of-headlines-shows-media-bias-growing-563502/.
    This study looks at news headlines and how they have become more biased over time. It shows how biased news is increasing and shaping public opinion.

  • "Political Influence on News Coverage." International Journal of Public Opinion Research, vol. 32, no. 4, 2020, pp. 567-589, https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edz048.
    This academic article explains how politics can change news coverage. It talks about how governments and businesses control news to support their own goals.

  • "Media Bias/Fact Check." Media Bias/Fact Check, 20 Dec. 2023, https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/.
    A website that checks if news sources are fair and accurate. It shows if a source leans politically in one direction and helps people decide if a source is trustworthy.


 

 

Top 5-10 Recommended Keywords/Search Terms on the Topic

  • Media bias
  • News framing
  • Misinformation
  • Political influence in media
  • Sensationalism in news
  • News Credibility
  • Public perception and media
  • Television news effects
  • Confirmation bias
  • Fact-checking in journalism
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