4/11 : Bias in the british press  Us election 2008

4/11 : Bias in the british press  Us election 2008

Purpose/Aim: To study the existence and level of bias in British press coverage of the 2008 US presidential election. Material/Method: A rhetorical analysis of 20 newspaper articles dealing with the election taken from The Guardian (liberal) and The Daily Telegraph (conservative) newspapers over a f...

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Main Author: Menz, Julian
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation 2008
Subjects:
Bias
Gatekeeping
Framing
Rhetoric
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Liberal
Conservative.
Media and communication studies
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-1067722013-01-08T13:25:36Z4/11 : Bias in the british press  Us election 2008engMenz, JulianUppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation2008BiasGatekeepingFramingRhetoricLogosPathosEthosLiberalConservative.Media and communication studiesMedie- och kommunikationsvetenskapPurpose/Aim: To study the existence and level of bias in British press coverage of the 2008 US presidential election. Material/Method: A rhetorical analysis of 20 newspaper articles dealing with the election taken from The Guardian (liberal) and The Daily Telegraph (conservative) newspapers over a fiveday period up to and including the election. Main Results: Bias was found to be present, although the level of bias proved significantly higher in the material selected from the liberal newspaper. The conservative newspaper selected exhibited significantly lower levels of bias. This trend was true of both news and opinion articles Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-106772application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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language English
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topic Bias
Gatekeeping
Framing
Rhetoric
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Liberal
Conservative.
Media and communication studies
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
spellingShingle Bias
Gatekeeping
Framing
Rhetoric
Logos
Pathos
Ethos
Liberal
Conservative.
Media and communication studies
Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap
Menz, Julian
4/11 : Bias in the british press  Us election 2008
description Purpose/Aim: To study the existence and level of bias in British press coverage of the 2008 US presidential election. Material/Method: A rhetorical analysis of 20 newspaper articles dealing with the election taken from The Guardian (liberal) and The Daily Telegraph (conservative) newspapers over a fiveday period up to and including the election. Main Results: Bias was found to be present, although the level of bias proved significantly higher in the material selected from the liberal newspaper. The conservative newspaper selected exhibited significantly lower levels of bias. This trend was true of both news and opinion articles
author Menz, Julian
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