A Review of US News Bias and Slant Positivist Study Literature (2000-2013) Acquired Through Google Scholar
MENG Lanjuan SHANG Jinghua ZENG Xiangqin
A Review of US News Bias and Slant Positivist Study Literature (2000-2013) Acquired Through Google Scholar
News bias is an important aspect of news objectivity, but Chinese scholars have rarely researched upon it. In this paper, the author selected 29 positivist research papers by US scholars through Google Scholar search engine to examine news bias and slant literature in the US. Although researches on news bias can be found in many disciplines and fields, politics is still the dominant area scholars are concerned with, with about 1/3 of the papers based on data and sample collected about political elections. This paper also summarizes research findings on news bias in the US in terms of the source, presence and measurement, as well as effects of bias. These studies, their research methodologies and results all can serve as valuable reference for Chinese scholars in similar researches. The market-oriented news production rules in domestic reporting and pro-American stands of US media in international news reporting can also help Chinese journalists and scholars make a better understanding of western news objectivity.
news bias / news slant / news objectivity / positivist study / US news media {{custom_keyword}} /
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