What Viewers Want: Assessing the Impact of Host Bias on Viewer Engagement with Political Talk Shows

Bode, Leticia; Vraga, Emily K.; Alvarez, Germán; Johnson, Courtney N.; Konieczna, Magda; Mirer, Michael

doi:10.1080/08838151.2018.1519567

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“…Bias and analytical categories: Bias may arise from a host's partisan position, or when they allow guests different opportunities for participation (Bode et al 2018). Research shows that content is one of several factors that produce bias and should be studied together with the television format, program structure, and contextual and situational features for shaping viewer perceptions (Hoffman 2013;Vraga et al 2012;Bracken 2006).…”

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Political Bias against Atheists: Talk Shows Targeting Arabic-Speaking Audiences

2023

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Atheism has stirred up controversy in the Arabic-speaking world since the 2011 uprisings, when atheists there began appearing in public. What role does Arabic mass media play in the modern politics of minorities such as atheists, given the heated debates that it hosts on atheism? This question is important because perceptions of media frames influence the behavior of politicians and the electorate—and, as a result, laws that affect minority groups such as atheists. This article focuses on Lebanon, where eight of the nine television channels are affiliated with and funded by religious–political parties. It explores the existence of bias against atheists on televised Lebanese talk shows and news reports (2010–2022). Our findings reveal significant bias (69% overall and over 85% in speaker prominence bias), with channels that promote communal religious practice exhibiting the highest levels. Ultimately, our findings demonstrate that television, as the most influential Lebanese and Arabic mass medium, likely affects the public’s negative perceptions of Arabic-speaking atheists. Our findings reflect the decrease in objectivity in conflict-based media and such media’s poor understanding or intentional disregard for media’s crucial role in building a fair, democratic society.

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“…However, the preference for congruent information has limits, as Bode et al (2018) explain. Participants in their study tend to prefer non-partisan hosts over partisan hosts that agree with them, which suggests that norms of balance and objectivity are deeply engrained in viewers' understandings of good journalism.…”

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Political Bias against Atheists: Talk Shows Targeting Arabic-Speaking Audiences

2023

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معالجة البرامج الحوارية التليفزيونية لبعض قضايا المجتمع المصري بين ضوابط العمل الإعلامي والممارسة الفعلية

عثمان¹

2021

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The study aims at clarifying Tv shows extent of compliance with media work controls in the process of dealing with the Egyptian social programs, relying on collective responsibility theory, the law of regulating the press and media, media code of honour, media code of conduct and media codes, in order to come up with a typical detailed model useful for measuring the degree of abiding with professional as well as moral regulations of media works. Being a descriptive study, this research relies on media surveys methodology using content analysis as its tool. The study has been applied on three talk shows, namely At-tāsi"ah, Yaḥduthfī Miṣr, and al-Ḥikāyah, which have been analysed for a period of three months representing a whole Tv cycle, focusing on handling political, health and social issues. The study reached some conclusions which could be summarized in the following: Health issues were on top of the treated issues in the selected programs of the study, followed by social then political ones. Moreover, in general, talk shows tend to comply with media work controls, with some statistically proven differences between these programs in what concerns the degree of commitment to media work controls , and it was proven that there are statistically significant differences between talk shows according to the extent of commitment to the controls of media work, and it was proven that there is a direct, statistically significant correlation between commitment to the controls of media work, and the multiplicity of viewpoints in dealing with issues.

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Importance of Television Talk-Shows in Classroom Lectures (An analysis using ‘Ek Mulakat’ as Reference)

Chanda¹,

Rabha²

2022

IJMCJ

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Teachers in classrooms constantly face a variety of challenges. Poor communication skills, lack of vocabulary, poor grammar, and lack of motivation among students can hamper the teaching and learning process. To deal with these issues, teachers use a variety of methods and teaching materials. This study was conducted to evaluate how teachers can use TV talk shows in their classes to inspire the students. This research study was carried out to understand if talk shows are an effective tool which could be used in classroom lectures. The findings show that using TV talk shows can often excite classes into enthusiastic collaboration in real. Exposing students to visual images of TV talk-shows are more effective than readings alone. They cannot act as substitutes for instructors but can complement readings and lectures. If properly introduced and discussed, TV talk-shows can stimulate inquisitiveness, willingness to learn more and provide frameworks for analysis. However, the focus is on how teachers can make their sessions more interesting and productive by integrating this teaching tool.

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What Viewers Want: Assessing the Impact of Host Bias on Viewer Engagement with Political Talk Shows

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Political Bias against Atheists: Talk Shows Targeting Arabic-Speaking Audiences

Political Bias against Atheists: Talk Shows Targeting Arabic-Speaking Audiences

معالجة البرامج الحوارية التليفزيونية لبعض قضايا المجتمع المصري بين ضوابط العمل الإعلامي والممارسة الفعلية

Importance of Television Talk-Shows in Classroom Lectures (An analysis using ‘Ek Mulakat’ as Reference)

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