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Media Bias
Finding It, Fixing It
Edited by Wm. David Sloan and Jenn Burleson Mackay

ISBN 978-0-7864-3042-0
bibliography, indexes
264pp. softcover (7 x 10) 2007

Description
In this book, scholars examine the many prevailing arguments about media bias from a non-polemical perspective. Essays cover individual forms of bias, including ideology, politics, television, photography, religion, abortion, homosexuality, gender, race, crime, environment, region, military, corporate ownership, labor and health. Each essay introduces the topic, presents arguments for and against the specific bias, assesses the evidence for all arguments, and includes a list of suggested readings. Two additional essays discuss the broader aspects of the bias debate and give a personal perspective on reporting the controversial Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

About the Author
W. David Sloan is a professor of journalism at the University of Alabama and is the author and editor of numerous books.Jenn Burleson Mackay is an advanced student in the doctoral program in mass communication at the University of Alabama and has been assistant director of the graduate project on Media Bias.

Other Book(s) by Wm. David Sloan Available from McFarland:

American Journalism



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