Mass+Media+Research+Resources


 * __ Freedom of Press __**

Roy Greenslade presents this four-part documentary series on the freedom of the press. []

Is a free media essential for development? []

**__ News War in __** **__ America __**

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**__ Teenage Marketing __**

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**__ Safety Tips for Surfing the Net __**

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**__ Twelve Tips to Tame The Tube __**

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**__ "Get out of MySpace!" : Article __**

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**__ FACT __** **__ SHEETS __**

**__ Children & Media Violence __**

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**__ Effects of Video Game Playing On Children __**

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**__ Children & Television __**

[|http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_child&tv.shtml]

**__ Media Use __**

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**__ Media's Effect on Girls: Body Image & Gender Identity __**

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**__ Media Use & Obesity Among Children __**

[|http://www.mediafamily.org/facts/facts_tv&obchild.shtml]

**__ Children & Advertising __**

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**__ Media Use Statistics __**

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**Media Bias**
Media bias1] refers to the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media, in the selection of which events and stories are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" usually implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the perspective of an individual journalist or article. The direction and degree of media bias in various countries is widely disputed.

Practical limitations to media neutrality include the inability of journalists to report all available stories and facts, and the requirement that selected facts be linked into a coherent narrative. Since it is impossible to report everything, some selectivity is inevitable. Government influence, including overt and covert censorship, biases the media in some countries. Market forces that can result in a biased presentation include the ownership of the news source, concentration of media ownership, the selection of staff, the preferences of an intended audience, pressure from advertisers, or reduced funding due to lower ratings or governmental funding cuts. Political affiliations arise from ideological positions of media owners and journalists. The space or air time available for reports, as well as deadlines needing to be met, can lead to incomplete and apparently biased stories.

Are journalists watchdogs or lapdogs? Footnotes
 * 1) Adapted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_bias ▲

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