Bias in News
Example of biases in news
News bias refers to the bias approach news journalists and
producers within news in, how news events and stories are selected to be
reported and how these chosen stories/events are covered in news.
News may be biased because of government influence, such as overt
and covert censorship. Overt censorship refers to open and recognizable censorship,
such as military appearance to carry out censorship, while covert censorship
refers to censorship that is concealed and not easily recognizable, such as censorship
of the internet. Countries that practice
censorship would be North Korea and Burma. News may also be biased due to
market forces, for example pressure from companies, such as, if a news company is owned by the company Disney, then news covered will most likely present positive news about Disney. Another example of a market force would be, the preferences of the audience being targeted, for example if an audience consists of mainly females, the news covered will most likely support news on perhaps female empowerment. However, to ensure that such bias does not occur there are several national and international watchdog companies that regulate institutions, such as news institutions and an example of a watchdog group in England would be OFCOM.
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