2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Media Watch Groups in the United States : Their Social and Political Impact
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21530549
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Bunkyo University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | メディア監視団体 / 社会学 / 政治学 / 政治コミュニケーション / アメリカ政治 / 政治報道 / 市民運動 / メディア機関のイデオロギー |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examines the role of so-called media watchdog groups in international politics. Specifically, this paper focuses on several major media watchdog groups in the United States(both politically left and right, as well as groups that specialize in certain topics, such as particular race and ethnicity or specific countries and regions) and analyzed how they frame important political issues.
Media watchdog groups claim that they analyze news contents of major news organizations and point out their inaccuracies and bias. Media watch groups' activities are very important in setting record straight on important issues that have received slanted coverage and also in promoting open dialogue in public.
However, media watch groups themselves are not free from political bias: some groups appear to present data in a way that they promote their own political agenda; some are more conscious of the groups' political leanings and attempt to collaborate with like-minded interest group in order to press their policy priorities.
This work concludes that media watch groups' "objective" data may sometimes create certain views on controversial issues
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