Evidence of bias in the chicago tribune coverage of organized labor: A quantitative study from 1991 to 2001

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Abstract

Labor leaders contend newspaper coverage of unions is unjustifiably negative and is usually fixated on conflict and corruption. While this attitude is broadly shared across the union spectrum, there has been little actual objective analysis of labor news reporting to substantiate or discredit the common belief. In an attempt to assess the accuracy of labors claim, a ten-year content analysis of industrial relations coverage in the Chicago Tribune was conducted. Unlike conventional media studies of organized labor, the Tribune analysis is an attempt to define and quantify the of news coverage on the basis of multiple content variables.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)385-407
Number of pages23
JournalLabor Studies Journal
Volume34
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2009

Keywords

  • Labor movement
  • Labor organization
  • Labor union
  • Media analysis
  • Media bias
  • Organized labor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Industrial relations
  • Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
  • Sociology and Political Science

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