Comments on: How comments affect whether we see bias in a news story http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/09/how-comments-affect-whether-we-see-bias-in-a-news-story/ This blog on media, society and technology is run by Professor Alfred Hermida, an award-winning online news pioneer, digital media scholar and journalism educator. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: videoconferencing equipments http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/09/how-comments-affect-whether-we-see-bias-in-a-news-story/comment-page-1/#comment-749 videoconferencing equipments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:08:05 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1020#comment-749 This is the greatest post I have come across so far.I am really pleased to post my comment on this blog .I love your blog by the way, I am gonna have to add you to my list of watched blogs .Thank you for this very useful information. stored it.Thanks again and keep up the good work. This is the greatest post I have come across so far.I am really pleased to post my comment on this blog .I love your blog by the way, I am gonna have to add you to my list of watched blogs .Thank you for this very useful information. stored it.Thanks again and keep up the good work.

]]> By: MoJo DoJo » Wrap-up #5: Shaky stats http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/09/how-comments-affect-whether-we-see-bias-in-a-news-story/comment-page-1/#comment-748 MoJo DoJo » Wrap-up #5: Shaky stats Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:03:04 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1020#comment-748 [...] Stats show that readers can distinguish between Web articles and their commenting cohorts. Still doesn't relieve editors' twitchy banning fingers. [...] [...] Stats show that readers can distinguish between Web articles and their commenting cohorts. Still doesn’t relieve editors’ twitchy banning fingers. [...]

]]> By: Jack Lail http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/09/how-comments-affect-whether-we-see-bias-in-a-news-story/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Jack Lail Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:50:26 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1020#comment-747 That's an interesting issue. It raises the issue of how much to let go unchallenged in comments. My thought has been that ideally a comment thread that veers off into the deep end often rights itself with other commenters saying: "Wait a minute." This preliminary work certainly gives us something to think about. That’s an interesting issue. It raises the issue of how much to let go unchallenged in comments. My thought has been that ideally a comment thread that veers off into the deep end often rights itself with other commenters saying: “Wait a minute.”

This preliminary work certainly gives us something to think about.

]]> By: Do comments affect reader perception of bias? | Online Journalism Blog http://www.reportr.net/2008/10/09/how-comments-affect-whether-we-see-bias-in-a-news-story/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Do comments affect reader perception of bias? | Online Journalism Blog Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:24:07 +0000 http://reportr.wordpress.com/?p=1020#comment-746 [...] Alfred Hermida reports on research by Michele Jones, a Phd student at the University of North Carolina, on the impact that comments had on credibility and reader perception of bias in the news: What she found was that readers who have strong opinions will perceive bias against their side in a news story. This is called the Hostile Media Effect and has been found in numerous studies. [...] [...] Alfred Hermida reports on research by Michele Jones, a Phd student at the University of North Carolina, on the impact that comments had on credibility and reader perception of bias in the news: What she found was that readers who have strong opinions will perceive bias against their side in a news story. This is called the Hostile Media Effect and has been found in numerous studies. [...]

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