Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Hostile media or fair and balanced reporting?

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Vern Green wrote:

> Why don't we have the article? I want to read what the people read 
> before I can comment on the validity of this study, or how it effects my 
> view of bias in the media.

No problema, Vern.  Here ya go:

http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/~mbmiller/journals/j_comm/2004_54_Gunther_hostile_media.pdf

Mike


> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:13:22 -0500 (CDT), Mike Miller
> <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
>> This article is by the guy from UW-Madison that I told you about a while
>> ago:
>>
>> http://news.cals.wisc.edu/newsDisplay.asp?id=1022
>>
>> You can see a different twist in this research.  He showed the same
>> article to people on two sides of an issue and he either told them that
>> the article was from a national newspaper or that it was from a college
>> student essay.  When people were told that the article was written by a
>> college student, they generally had no complaints.  When they were told
>> that the article was from a newspaper, they felt that the article was
>> unbiased only if they had no stake in the issue.  People who were partisan
>> on the issue saw the article was biased against them, not against their
>> opponents, but they did so only when told it was a newspaper article.
>>
>> Read the URL above to get the whole story.
>>
>> I think the meaning is pretty clear.  People react defensively against
>> unbiased news reports that they think are harming them or their cause.
>> Therefore, unsubstantiated claims of bias in the mainstream news media
>> should be taken with a large grain of salt.
>>
>> Mike
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