アメリカのメディアにおける「リベラル・バイアス」をめぐる議論

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This paper discusses the issue of political leanings in American media organizations. Specifically, there are four components of this work. First, I examine the definition of "liberal" in political traditions in the United States. Second, the discussion of "liberal bias" in U.S. media is examined. Serious arguments that the media in the U.S. lean toward the political left have initiated since the publication of The Media Elite (Lichter,Rothman, and Lichter 1986). This book suggests that American journalists have prominently progressive views on social issues and are more likely than averages U.S. citizens to vote for candidates from the Democratic Party. According to the book, those journalists are elites in society, graduates of the Ivy League or equally learned universities. Since its publication, the "liberal bias" of the media has arguably become a conventional wisdom in theories of political communications. Thirdly, however, a strong conservative backlash was launched by hawkish new media outlets in the mid-1990s, namely talk radio shows and cable news networks. Finally, the liberal camp has also begun unequivocally advocating left-of-center policies ideas and attacking their conservative counterparts. While studies claim that the public seeks the middle ground on political and social issues, the battle between the left and right of the American media spectrum has been increasingly articulated.
文教大学の論文
2009-03-01