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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Political Bias"”.
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Entertainment Bias: A Case Study of the Tonight Show and the California Gubernatorial Recall Election in 2003
This thesis looks at entertainment bias, specifically bias on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno towards Arnold Schwarzenegger during the time leading up to the California recall election in 2003. Entertainment media possess a unique ability to communicate messages to an unguarded audience, which gives …
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Moral Panic and Political Rhetoric in the Early American Republic
… to the effects of time and space, personal and political bias, and incendiary historical rhetoric on reporting of and reactions to Genêt's actions. In doing so, this study highlights possible flaws or blind spots in both moral panic theory and historiography, and brings new understanding to the …
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Using natural language to predict bias and factuality in media with a study on rationalization
… The damage it causes is exacerbated by its political links and loaded language, which make it polarizing in nature, and preys on peoples' psychological biases to make it more believable and viral. In order to dampen the influence of fake news, organizations have begun to manually tag, or …
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Clodia, Fulvia, Livia, Messalina : what can we really learn about the elite women of Rome?
… to their literary genre and others reflect political bias.
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Ephorus, ideal communities, and Greece : philosophical themes in a universal history
… among modern scholars. He has been accused of apolitical simplicity, lack of judgment in selecting sources, political bias, and, most damagingly, choosing or even distorting his material for the purpose of creating moral exempla. This characterization, however, is unfair to Ephorus and his …
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The Modern U.S. Federal Reserve: To What Extent is Transparency Counterproductive and Politicizing?
… It exemplifies a Venn diagram intersection of political and economic theory – and given the meaningful change in behavior at the Fed – to some extent organizational theory as well. This political economy orientation may be illustrated by providing a historical context – and then addressing the …
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Turning the focus inwards: the decision-making process in the security council and the international rule of law
… has hitherto been obscure and allegations of political bias have been made against the Security Council in its responses to potential international threats. Despite the rule of law featuring on the Security Council’s agenda for over a decade and a UN General Assembly declaration in 2012 …
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Between stations and habitations : the architecture of French science at the shore, 1830-1900
… it shows how they were shaped by a practical and political bias against scientific institutions conceived as monuments. It argues instead that in comprehensively managing the elements of time, place, and circumstance these stations were instruments for mediating the natural world. The unique and …
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Partisanship, Friendship, and Censorship in Online Social Networks
… examine how different following strategies and political ideologies can influence the follow back rate. After obtaining followers, one can then begin posting content to influence them. In the third chapter, we consider this type of influence campaign. Recent studies have shown that exposure to …
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Mapping the denial of space : Latinos and United States immigration law
… and national borders are constructed by the geopolitical tensions that exist between U.S. nationalism and foreign bodies traversing its territory. Mexican, Guatemalan, Salvadorian, and Hondurans—referred to as Latinos in this research—constitute nearly all of deportation from the United States …
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Ethnic and political dynamics of poverty, employment, and wages in Kenya
The association of ethno-political bias and economic development outcomes remains central to policy considerations in most African countries, especially in the sub-Saharan region. Perceptions and realities of ethnic and political favoritism in wellbeing have been a major cause of ethnic conflicts, …
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Ethnic and political dynamics of poverty, employment, and wages in Kenya
The association of ethno-political bias and economic development outcomes remains central to policy considerations in most African countries, especially in the sub-Saharan region. Perceptions and realities of ethnic and political favoritism in wellbeing have been a major cause of ethnic conflicts, …