Evidence Of Such Bias Research Articles

The Media and Nationalism in Que´bec: a complex relationship

The question of bias in Québec political journalism has often been the subject of fierce debate; francophone journalists in Québec have long been accused of separatist bias by both anglophone journalists and the federal government. Such accusations rest on two questionable assumptions: that the media are more influential than deeply rooted cultural and historical experience, and that in the reporting of Québec issues, objectivity means that journalists can consider only federalism as a viable option for Quebecers. This article argues that the development of nationalism came first, with Québec journalists being influenced by nationalist ideas: not the other way around. Moreover, although the Québec media's coverage is different, this does not necessarily imply bias. The article focuses on the findings of two key studies of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Societé Radio-Canada coverage, which failed to find any evidence of such bias, and concludes that the persistence of the view that the Québec media lack objectivity and are manipulating the public on the issue of sovereignty arises out of a tradition of elite democracy.

The Media and Nationalism in Que´bec: a complex relationship

The question of bias in Québec political journalism has often been the subject of fierce debate; francophone journalists in Québec have long been accused of separatist bias by both anglophone journalists and the federal government. Such accusations rest on two questionable assumptions: that the media are more influential than deeply rooted cultural and historical experience, and that in the reporting of Québec issues, objectivity means that journalists can consider only federalism as a viable option for Quebecers. This article argues that the development of nationalism came first, with Québec journalists being influenced by nationalist ideas: not the other way around. Moreover, although the Québec media's coverage is different, this does not necessarily imply bias. The article focuses on the findings of two key studies of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Societé Radio-Canada coverage, which failed to find any evidence of such bias, and concludes that the persistence of the view that the Québec media lack objectivity and are manipulating the public on the issue of sovereignty arises out of a tradition of elite democracy.

Response Variability in Self-and Proxy Reports of Paternal and Filial Socioeconomic Characteristics

In a 1973 Australian survey, Broom et al. located two distinct subsamples of men in which fathers and sons reported their own status characteristics and those of their sons and fathers, respectively. Inconsistencies between these two subsamples led Broom et al. to infer that respondents report (perhaps unconsciously) their socioeconomic careers and the careers of their kin in such ways as either to maximize differences between themselves and their sathers or to minimize differences between themselves and their fathers or to minimize differences between themselves and their sons. If true, this would invalidate most stratification research. Reexamination of the Australian data suggests that the paternal and filial reports are not directly comparable. In a sample of Wisconsin men, parental and filial reports of status variables provide unique and direct evidence about the response biases postulated by Broom et al. There is negligible evidence of such biases. Given the relative strengths of the Australian a...