Assignment: Bias In News
Bias in Political News Coverage: A Case Study ( Border Wall )
Instructions: The length of your case study is flexible but I would expect no less than six (6) to 7 pages double-spaced pages.
Directions Part I: Select a news story. Your options are: Begin by discussing how you believe your story should be covered from a Professional Model. How would your news story be covered in an "objective", "fair" or "balanced' way? What are the two (or more) sides to your story?
Discuss what would be examples of politically liberal biased news coverage of your story based on a Personality Model.
Discuss what would be examples of politically conservative biased news coverage of your story based on a Propaganda Model.
Part II: Introduce your 2/3 news sources. Your sources can be:
MSNBC, CNN and Fox News.
Washington Post (WP), New York Times (NYT), and Wall Street Journal (WSJ)
Boston Globe and Boston Herald
Your book identifies each as conservative bias outlets (Fox, Herald & WSJ) liberaloutlets (MSNBC, WP, Globe) and neutral outlets (CNN, NYT).
Part III: Collect ten news stories from each of the three news outlets (fifteen if you chose the Globe and Herald. Try, as best you can, to make sure the story is not an editorial or opinion article/presentation. Discuss what would be an unbiased or neutral presentation of your topic, what would be a conservative bias presentation of your topicand what would be a liberal bias presentation of your topic.
Part IV: Read your news stories and identify them as one of the three categories (liberal/neutral or conservative) discussed above. Present your findings.
Part V: More Analysis. How often are the news stories presented in a "game/strategic" frame verses a "policy" frame, irrespective of the (un)bias identified
Part VI: Even More Analysis. To what extent do your news stories reflect the six biases in media.
Bibliography: List each media outlet (alphabetically) and each story; Title, Date and Page(s).
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.