Essays on Media Bias

INTRODUCTION: Social media was first introduced in around 1979 when Usenet was launched; Usenet was the first recorded network that allowed users to post news to newsgroups (Fetos, Les, & Angelina, 2018). Ever since then, social media boomed to have around 3.5 billion users, most of which are adolescents around the ages of 10 to…

If people are asking what is the most important industry in the state of Hawaii, the answer will be the travel industry certainly. However, the travel industry is also becoming more and more influential besides Hawaii but worldwide since the industry has boosted the economy and along with other industries. Following Weston 2015, the travel…

Do you believe that media and casting productions are diverse and inclusive? Whether it’s your favorite film, television show or streaming series, we all partake in some version of media on a constant basis. Examples are movies and special programming for children, sport channels catered mostly to men and from daytime television to your local…

We currently live in an information age that’s marked by a change in the ways in which information is spread. Today, a lot of information is being exchanged through social networks resulting in the fast travel of news with just a press of a button. As this is happening, people and areas never accessed before…

Hopes to address this area as a means of providing a baseline for media outlets and law enforcement agencies to assist with increasing overall awareness of the day to day actions of officers and how morale can be increased in an anti-police society. For purposes of this study, the Ferguson effect does not directly relate…

Introduction This dissertation examines the ways in which algorithmically automated linguistic constructions on Twitter confound the signifying order and meaning of political discourse, and how such arrangements influence the way humans use language to frame political issues during data-driven political campaigns. As society assimilates technology (e.g. computers, tablets, and mobile devices) into the banality of…

Immigration has been a highly debated issue in America since its earliest days. And to stay informed on hot ticket issues, many Americans look to the media to inform them of how our policies affect their daily lives. No matter how diligent a consumer of the media thinks they may be, it is important to…

Think about this; whenever you want to hear your favorite song, watch your favorite show, or see the latest of current events, where do you go? You more than likely will turn on the television, radio, computer, or a smartphone. The source that much of the general public uses to get their news and information…

Unfortunately, neither liberals nor conservatives are convinced that the press isn’t bias to one group. Allegations of controversy about the nature of bias in the media will always be a debate. The question is in today’s society is the media biased more toward liberal values or conservative values? Clearly, no democracy can survive without freedom…

Weight bias is present in varies types of media, especially targeting adolescent females and males. Adolescents are males and females in the age range of 10-19 years old (Betts). At this age, self-image means a great deal to these young adults as they are transitioning into mature teens and finding their true self. Self-image starts…