The real bias in news coverage is not what you think, research finds
The audiences of each of the networks is highly partisan: about 93 percent of those who identify Fox News as their main news source.
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Joseph Shavit
- Feb 3
The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think, study finds
Networks showed increases in words associated with communion and sharing; but language associated with positive emotion dropped dramatically
Joseph Shavit
- Jan 3
The real bias in news coverage is different than you might think, study finds
Two of America's major cable news networks – Fox News and MSNBC – anchor opposing ends of the political spectrum.
Joseph Shavit
- Dec 3, 2022
The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think, study finds
Researchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers
Joseph Shavit
- Oct 31, 2022
The real bias in news coverage is not what you might think
Researchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers.
Joseph Shavit
- Sep 15, 2022
The real bias in news coverage is different than you expect
Researchers compared the two cable news networks using natural language analysis by quantifying key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers
Joseph Shavit
- May 21, 2022
The real bias in news coverage is different than you might think
Two of America's major cable news networks – Fox News and MSNBC – anchor opposing ends of the political spectrum and are a focus of a study.
Joseph Shavit
- Apr 11, 2022
When Fox News viewers flip to CNN, their opinions shift too, study finds
Staunchly conservative Fox News viewers who spent a month tuning in to CNN instead reported a broad shift in their political opinions
Joseph Shavit
- Aug 19, 2021
Surprising results from research into the accuracy of climate change news coverage
Most print media report humans contribute to climate change but inaccuracies lurk in conservative outlets
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