Bias in the Mass Media.

Autor/in	Cirino, Robert
Titel	Bias in the Mass Media.
Quelle	(1973), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tagungsbericht; Bias; Communication (Thought Transfer); Content Analysis; Mass Media; News Media; Nonverbal Communication; Persuasive Discourse; Propaganda; Publicize; Teacher Responsibility + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Communication; thought; Kommunikation; Gedanke; Inhaltsanalyse; Massenmedien; Nachrichtenwesen; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Lehrverpflichtung
Abstract	Non-language elements of bias in mass media--such as images, sounds, tones of voices, inflection, and facial expressions--are invariably integrated with the choice of language. Further, they have an emotional impact that is often greater than that of language. It is essential that the teacher of English deal with this non-language bias since it is his job to help students develop the capacity to analyze, understand, and use the media through which society communicates. It is essential that the teacher allow the student to be placed in the position of making some hypothetical decisions that will result in a biased picture; that he encourage participation in the kinds of activities that will develop a student's ability to use the non-language elements of mass media in communicating a message or describing people and events; that he request the student to compare and analyze his own decisions and those of other students who participated in the above activities; and that he encourage the student to critically analyze cases, patterns, and possible effects of photograph selection by the mass media. In this way the student can be made to realize that equal competition among contrasting viewpoints is society's most effective way of exposing and reducing the dishonest use of bias. (HOD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01