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Decoding News Sources: Credible, Fake, or Click-Bait?: Bias in the Media (KC)

This guide will explain how you can protect yourself from falling for fake news by walking you through the differences between credible news sources and those with strong biases and/or tendencies to use incorrect data.

Bias and the Art of the Spin

Huertas, A. & Kriegsman, R. (2014). Science or spin? Assessing the accuracy of cable news coverage of climate science. Retrieved from http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/solutions/fight-misinformation/cable-news-coverage-climate-change-science.html#.WIuOzvLWFnk

Filtering Bias in News Sources

The AllSides Bias rating is based on determining user bias through a self-reported test, having users vote on bias influence in news stories, averting the rating between each bias group, then taking the average bias rating of all the groups, delivering a centralized rating of the bias of the source.

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Web Articles About Bias

Scholarly Articles About Bias in the News

  1. Eveland Jr., W., & Shah, D. (2003). The impact of individual and interpersonal factors on perceived news media bias. Political Psychology, 24(1), 101-117. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pbh&AN=9387000&site=ehost-live
  2. Lee, T. (2005). The liberal media myth revisited: An examination of factors influencing perceptions of media bias. Journal Of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 49(1), 43. doi:10.1207/s15506878jobem4901_4
  3. Model, D. (2005). The applicability of Herman's and Chomsky's Propaganda Model today. College Quarterly, 8(3). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eric&AN=EJ846793&site=ehost-live

Eli Pariser: Beware online "filter bubbles"