User:Croxrys/Media bias in the United States

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For this article, I am adding gender and political bias onto what modern day media bias is in journalism and political communication. "The authors contend that media sources shape their coverage in ways that are favorable to them, and are more likely to present messages from outlets their viewers/readers favor" reads the page, however, it fails to explain the psychology of why this happens to be, and through what lens (ie. gendered, political, etc.). This article also states "US commercial media encourage controversy only within a narrow range of opinion to give the impression of open debate, and they do not report on news that falls outside that range" and fails to give reports from the US across the years, and how gender plays into these roles. The "gender" section of this article is very little and fails to provide insight on how gender plays into the media and how it has impacted media coverage/stories across the years.

For an addition to this article, I will be editing this portion of the article Media Bias in the United States, "In 2016, according to Gottfried and Shearer, "62 percent of US adults get news on social media," with Facebook being the dominant social media site. Again, this seemed to be a major contributor to the presidential election of Donald Trump." There was a study done much more recent, in the book titled "Unreliable Watchdog: The News Media and U.S. Foreign Policy," that says that in January of 2021, "more than 86 percent of Americans obtained news from digital devices ." This just shows that this article is not completely up to date and should be added to for most accurate information.

An addition for this article is adding more research data that is current and within the past couple of years. In the demographic polling section of the article, there is data that shows how different Americans trust the mass media. This research spreads over the years of 1964 to 2021. According to Gallup's recent article, "Americans' Trust In Media Remains Near Record Low" by Megan Brenan, there is more current information about what percentages trust the media, and their political stances to show contrasts. Data collected from 2020-2022 show how different political parties have their beliefs about media and how willingly they are to believe and trust it. Along with political parties, there is also data provided that shows how age has a large affect on whether people are believing mass media or not. With research from many years, it is clear that confidence in mass media is historically low (Brenan).