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Zusammenfassung

Unter Medienbias wird in der Regel die Verzerrung politischer Berichterstattung zum Vor- oder Nachteil bestimmter politischer Parteien, Kandidat*innen oder Themen verstanden. Allerdings hat das Konzept zahlreiche Unschärfen, vor allem wenn es um die Frage der Operationalisierung geht. Dieses Kapitel verfolgt einen ganzheitlichen Ansatz und befasst sich unter anderem mit den Ursachen, der Typologie, der Wirkung sowie der Wahrnehmung von Medienbias. Zum Abschluss werden außerdem zukünftige Herausforderungen der Mediabiasforschung aufgegriffen und diskutiert.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Siehe auch ideologischer Bias (Hackett 1984), Nachrichtenbias (Boomgaarden und Semetko 2012) oder politischer Bias (Hopmann et al. 2012a).

  2. 2.

    Im Englischen auch „visibility bias“ (z. B. Semetko 2010) oder „coverage bias“ (z. B. D’Alessio und Allen 2000) genannt.

  3. 3.

    Zur Erinnerung: Entsprechende Bezugswerte können anhand des regulativen oder journalistischen Ansatzes festgelegt werden.

  4. 4.

    Im Englischen auch „statement bias“ (z. B. D’Alessio und Allen 2000) oder „presentation bias“ (z. B. Groeling 2013) genannt.

  5. 5.

    Im Englischen auch „gatekeeping bias“ (z. B. D’Alessio und Allen 2000) oder „selection bias“ (z. B. Groeling 2013) genannt.

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Eberl, JM. (2020). Medienbias. In: Borucki, I., Kleinen-von Königslöw, K., Marschall, S., Zerback, T. (eds) Handbuch Politische Kommunikation. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-26242-6_32-1

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