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'Liberal bias?' IU professors find network TV election coverage favors Republicans

and guess what ?

the media gives Rs kinder coverage.

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/print/9993.html?emailID=9993

A visual analysis of television presidential campaign coverage from 1992 to 2004 suggests that the three television broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- favored Republicans in each election, according to two Indiana University professors in a new book.

Their research runs counter to the popular conventional notion of a liberal bias in the media in favor of Democrats and against Republican candidates.

Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Erik Bucy, both associate professors in the Department of Telecommunications of IU's College of Arts and Sciences, report their findings in their book, Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections (Oxford University Press).

"We don't think this is journalists conspiring to favor Republicans. We think they're just so beat up and tired of being accused of a liberal bias that they unknowingly give Republicans the benefit in coverage," said Grabe, who also is a research associate in political science at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. "It's self-censorship that journalists might be imposing on themselves."
 
And Desh their claim is its the first comprehensive "visual" study of the media not the first comprehensive study of the media because as those who work in the industry will tell there is a liberal of those in the profession.
 
evince said:
'Liberal bias?' IU professors find network TV election coverage favors Republicans

and guess what ?

the media gives Rs kinder coverage.

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/print/9993.html?emailID=9993

A visual analysis of television presidential campaign coverage from 1992 to 2004 suggests that the three television broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- favored Republicans in each election, according to two Indiana University professors in a new book.

Their research runs counter to the popular conventional notion of a liberal bias in the media in favor of Democrats and against Republican candidates.

Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Erik Bucy, both associate professors in the Department of Telecommunications of IU's College of Arts and Sciences, report their findings in their book, Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections (Oxford University Press).

"We don't think this is journalists conspiring to favor Republicans. We think they're just so beat up and tired of being accused of a liberal bias that they unknowingly give Republicans the benefit in coverage," said Grabe, who also is a research associate in political science at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. "It's self-censorship that journalists might be imposing on themselves."
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What crap....

first comprehensive media study???/?

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx

AIM Report: New Evidence of Liberal Media Bias -
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-new-evidence-of-liberal-media-bias-november-a/

In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia27-2008jul27,0,6802141.story

MSNBC Confirms Liberal Media Bias
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/msnbc-confirms-liberal-media-bias/

The Liberal Media Exposed (PDF Report):
http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp

Liberal Bias Quantified in Media Study
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/15/202224.shtml

All conclude the same thing....liberal, left leaning bias supporting Dems....
and whats more..the reporters and talking heads freely admit to it...

 
bravo said:
What crap....

first comprehensive media study???/?

Media Bias Is Real, Finds UCLA Political Scientist
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/Media-Bias-Is-Real-Finds-UCLA-6664.aspx

AIM Report: New Evidence of Liberal Media Bias -
http://www.aim.org/aim-report/aim-report-new-evidence-of-liberal-media-bias-november-a/

In study, evidence of liberal-bias bias
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-onthemedia27-2008jul27,0,6802141.story

MSNBC Confirms Liberal Media Bias
http://www.aim.org/aim-column/msnbc-confirms-liberal-media-bias/

The Liberal Media Exposed (PDF Report):
http://www.mediaresearch.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp

Liberal Bias Quantified in Media Study
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/12/15/202224.shtml

All conclude the same thing....liberal, left leaning bias supporting Dems....
and whats more..the reporters and talking heads freely admit to it...
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GASP! You're not claiming that so called eh-hem---journalists, trained in liberal schools of thought, are biased going in are ya?

I can bring up even more bipartisan studies if we need to, to counteract this book put out by two liberal professors LOL!
 
Ice Dancer said:
GASP! You're not claiming that so called eh-hem---journalists, trained in liberal schools of thought, are biased going in are ya?

I can bring up even more bipartisan studies if we need to, to counteract this book put out by two liberal professors LOL!
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No way....I'm claiming that evincedesh is a bonehead....:clink:
 
evince said:
'Liberal bias?' IU professors find network TV election coverage favors Republicans

and guess what ?

the media gives Rs kinder coverage.

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/print/9993.html?emailID=9993

A visual analysis of television presidential campaign coverage from 1992 to 2004 suggests that the three television broadcast networks -- ABC, CBS and NBC -- favored Republicans in each election, according to two Indiana University professors in a new book.

Their research runs counter to the popular conventional notion of a liberal bias in the media in favor of Democrats and against Republican candidates.

Maria Elizabeth Grabe and Erik Bucy, both associate professors in the Department of Telecommunications of IU's College of Arts and Sciences, report their findings in their book, Image Bite Politics: News and the Visual Framing of Elections (Oxford University Press).

"We don't think this is journalists conspiring to favor Republicans. We think they're just so beat up and tired of being accused of a liberal bias that they unknowingly give Republicans the benefit in coverage," said Grabe, who also is a research associate in political science at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. "It's self-censorship that journalists might be imposing on themselves."
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Comprehensive Media Study? Isn't that an oxymorn? Ya know, like compassionate conservative? Liberal Thinker? California Expressway? Affordable Housing?
 
Grabe and Bucy analyzed several such visual packaging techniques employed in television coverage, including one of the most negative forms of image bites, the "lip-flap shot" -- where the reporter's narration is overlaid on video of the candidate talking.

"This phenomenon, though relatively easy to find in news coverage of elections, is generally viewed as a violation of professional television news production standards that has detrimental consequences," they said. "Not only is lip-flap unflattering for the candidate who appears . . . but it also distracts from the reporter's narration because viewers focus attention on making sense of what the lip flapper appears to be saying."

Another thing they looked at was the "Goldilocks effect" -- essentially who is given the last say in a piece and thus better remembered by viewers.

In their research, Democrats were more likely to be subjects of the "lip-flap" effect, while Republicans more often got the last word. GOP candidates were favored in terms of having the last say in all but the 2004 election. In 1992, the difference was distinctive with Republicans having the final say 57.9 percent of the time. In 1996, Republicans had eight times as many last-say opportunities as Democrats.

Other elements of visual bias are the shot length and angle. Extreme close-ups, where a face fills the screen, or long-shots, which offers a long-distance perspective, are seen as less conducive to establishing rapport between candidates and viewers.

"Republicans were seen least through the scrutinizing and unflattering perspective of an extreme close-up. This was the case overall and for all election years except 1996," they said. "Long shots . . . were move evident in coverage of Democrats than Republicans overall, but not at statistically significant levels."

The low angle camera shot, simulating looking up at a candidate, has been demonstrated to attribute power and dominance to candidates in experimental studies. The high angle shot does the opposite. It makes a candidate look weak and powerless.

Findings for camera angle clearly illustrate the Republican advantage. Overall, Republican candidates were covered in more low-angle and fewer high-angle shots than Democrats.
 
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