I'm not familiar with the protocols used in this area but I'll take a shot at how I would first go about it.
Start with media reports around a particular subject, say the ACORN investigations or the Wall Street Bailout, and confine compare stories that are coming out at comparable time periods. For instance, stories around Ted Steven's trial are likely to be different before the jury result than after and you can't usefully compare stories from the two time periods. Then come up with scoring based on number of stories, frequency of stories to look at bias towards the type of story that is reported on. Then I'd probably try and develop a scoring based on content of the reports. I'd probably start with looking at key words, most likely adjectives, that are usually used to shape the tone of a piece. Words like alleged, dangerous, supposed, lauded, socialist, liberal, conservative, that sort of thing. Start looking at how certain news outlets choose stories, especially against the background frequency of the industry at large, and then delve into the language they use to report on them to see if there is a consistency. That's how I'd start off the top of my head anyway. Judah On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again... > > 'Bias' is a subjective term. What one perosn considers bias, another may > not. Participants/researchers in these studies will need to use their > opinion of whether or not something is biased and which way that bias may > be. Becasue the participants are also human, we can conclude (thanx to Gus) > that they cannot look at this objectively. > > Please explain to me how a scientific study of people's opinions be can > objective? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
