The Unreliability of News Media

Different Publics The United States is made up of many groups, or publics, who share common news. ... The Media The media are frequently described as "mirrors " as well as "molders " of opinion. ... The straw-vote technique is highly unreliable, however. ... Many media sources mostly skim the news, reporting only what their news editors judge to be the most important and/or most interesting stories of the day. ... Which of the following are major media? ...

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Alternatively, these reports can also be unreliable because the police tend to give the media selected stories mainly consisting of street crimes (Best, 1999: 147). ... Rarely do young offenders appear in the news, but when they do, they are mostly connected to violent crimes. ... Studies have shown that television is the primary source of news for 47% of Canadians. ... At the center of a news battle, media empires compete with each other for a larger proportion of the audience, news producers must emphasize events of crime at the cost of other issues. ... The result therefore is a set of homo...

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Representation and reality in the portrayal of blacks on network television & news. Journalism Quarterly 71 (3), 509-502 Projects This article primarily focuses on the portrayal of ethnic minorities, immigrants and refugees in the mass media, especially in the written press. ... Also, only some works are mentioned about minority media and minority journalists. ... Methods Prior to 1969 broadcast news covered African Americans as if they did not live normal lives. ... Second is "The Coon," they were the no account Negroes, those unreliable, crazy lazy, savage creatures that are good ...

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With that in mind it's unbelievable that we as a society, "where kids spend 40 hours a week on average with media, don't see media literacy as an absolutely essential part of the national curriculum" (Silver 41). ... This can also refer to the "act or instance of violent action or behavior portrayed through satellite, news broadcasts, and television shows" . ... Rowan states that media violence does not cause aggressive behavior in children . ... Males argues that" research into the effects of media violence is unreliable and proves only a minimal relationship between media violence ...

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They could obtain both this information in various ways such as the company's annual financial report, half-yearly reports, proxy circular, prospectus, information circulars, news release, internet resources and other similar public disclosure reports. Sometimes qualitative information may be disseminated orally from insiders of a company but this type of information usually unreliable. ... For half-yearly reports, it may be relevant since information are disclosed more often but it may be unreliable as it can include some "one off" events such as an economy downturn or a sudden boom wher...

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In 2000, many citizens became worried after the news of Dick Cheney's heart attack (Huffington). They did not want a leader whose health was unreliable. ... One of the most prevalent forces in any election is the presence of the media. ... Greenfield's portrayal of the media, however, is somewhat biased by his position. ... By incorporating both the government and the media, the book presents a comprehensive read. ...

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In the case of a mother killing her children, a mental disorder will likely be blamed for the behavior while at the same time for an aggressive teenager, media and video game violence is often discussed as being responsible. ... Many media violence studies use unstandardized or unreliable measures and tend to exaggerate positive results from studies, more or less "cherry picking" the results that best support their hypothesis. Ferguson et al. argued that persons who were exposed to greater amounts of violent television or violent video games reported being no more likely to act in ...

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The vaccine was uncertain and unreliable. ... On April 12, 1955, the highly anticipated clinical trial results turned into a major media event, perhaps the biggest in medical history. ... High public expectations and media attention around the world created the popular view that the vaccine was completely successful and that the long war against polio was finally over. With this bit of news, they all stormed into the doctor's offices and demanded to be vaccinated. ... The vaccine was uncertain and unreliable. ...

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