Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ207954
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Perception of News Bias in 1972 Presidential Campaign.
Hofstetter, C. Richard
Journalism Quarterly, v56 n2 p370-74 Sum 1979
Interviews with 1,034 respondents shortly before the 1972 presidential election, and with 701 of these respondents shortly after the election, revealed that a small proportion perceived political bias in television news, a larger proportion perceived biases in newspaper reporting, and the vast majority saw no political bias in either medium. (GT)
Descriptors: Bias, Media Research, News Reporting, Newspapers, Political Issues, Public Opinion, Surveys, Television
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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