Media Bias
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- Bias
- A Prejudice or learning that may aim to influence judgements in an unfair manner; slant; prejudice.
- Inculcate
- To teach through force and/or repitition
- Literacy
- vthe quality or state of being literate, esp. the ability to read and write.
- Mass Media
- Any medium of concentration through which information is disseminated to large numbers of people
- Mainstream
- the principal or dominant course, tendency, or trend: the mainstream of American culture.
- Conglomerate
- a corporation consisting of a number of subsidiary companies or divisions in a variety of unrelated industries, usually as a result of merger or acquisition.
- Indictment
- any charge, accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame
- Dogmatism
- dogmatic character; unfounded positiveness in matters of opinion; arrogant assertion of opinions as truths.
- Objective
- Uninfluenced by bias;based on facts
- Propaganda
- The systematic use of mass media to influence the opinions, knowledge, and behavior of a population
- Omnipresence
- Present everywhere at the same time
- Monopoly
- exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
- Editorializing
- to inject personal interpretations or opinions into an otherwise factual account.
- Public opinion
- A body of attitudes, beliefs, and views pertaining to specific issues held by a significant proportion of a society.