This volume details the findings of a comprehensive study of media bias in recent presidential campaigns. Focusing on the 1984 and 1988 elections, Stempel and Windhauser have surveyed all news items reported in seventeen major U.S. papers, on the three commercial television networks, and in the ...
This volume details the findings of a comprehensive study of media bias in recent presidential campaigns. Focusing on the 1984 and 1988 elections, Stempel and Windhauser have surveyed all news items reported in seventeen major U.S. papers, on the three commercial television networks, and in the three general news magazines. Each item has been categorized according to the candidate it focuses on, the slant of the presentation, and the major issue discussed, providing a clearcut picture of just what the media covered and how the treatment of the two campaigns differed.