new media study

[linda d]

here's a link to a just released study "Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War". it's not as if we didn't know this already, but it's good to have it documented.

<http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/Media_10_02_03_Report.pdf>
> The extent of Americans' misperceptions vary significantly depending on
> their source of news. Those who receive most of their news from Fox News
> are more likely than average to have misperceptions. Those who receive
> most of their news from NPR or PBS are less likely to have misperceptions.
> These variations cannot simply be explained as a result of differences in
> the demographic characteristics of each audience, because these variations
> can also be found when comparing the demographic subgroups of each
> audience.

[wellst0nev0ter]

1. Proof: FAUX Viewers Are Morans

[Brian Sweat]

7. I think that this is more of a reflection on the type of people

who get their news from these sources than the sources themselves. ABC news is clearly to the right of CBS news, but ABC viewers are clearly better informed.

[grasswire]

12. the missing corollary!

What we need to know now is how many people in the study cite FAUX, print, NPR, etc., as their primary news source.

Print does remarkably well, btw.

[Maeve]

2. Saw this reported in today's paper

Huzzah for NPR/PBS and their listeners! (Yea, us!)

And so much for "(un)fair & (un)balanced (& just plain misleading!)"

[Tempest]

3. Hear it from the horse's mouth

"You have to remember that people who watch FOX and listen to AM talk vradio aren't what you'd call 'critical thinkers.' They don't call themselves 'Dittoheads' for nothing."

- Faux News Attorney Dori Hanswirth.

[linda d]

4. where is the above quote from?

do you have a link? thanks

[Brian Sweat]

13. I don't think it is real

I think it came from a satirical article making fun of the faux law suit against Al Franken.

[WhereIsMyFreedom]

5. A few other great points this study makes

They focus on 3 misperceptions:
1. Conclusive evidence that Iraq has ties to al Qaeda
2. Conclusive evidence that Iraq has WMD
3. World support for the Iraq war

with 0 misperceptions, 23% support the war
with 1 misperception , 53% support the war
with 2 misperceptions, 78% support the war
with 3 misperceptions, 86% support the war

Steven Kull, director of PIPA, comments, “While we cannot assert that these misperceptions created the support for going to war with Iraq, it does appear likely that support for the war would be substantially lower if fewer members of the public had these misperceptions.”

And it clearly isn't due to a lack of paying attention.

While it would seem that misperceptions are derived from a failure to pay attention to the news, in fact, overall, those who pay greater attention to the news are no less likely to have misperceptions. Among those who primarily watch Fox, those who pay more attention are more likely to have misperceptions. Only those who mostly get their news from print media have fewer misperceptions as they pay more attention.

[AP]

9. Don't think for a second that this isn't by design.

Fox's presentation of "news" is carefully calculated to get engender these perceptions.

[gottaB]

6. Wow

Very damning.

One set of questions about the breakdowns. What about people who get their info online? Would that be lumped in with print or broadcast?

About npr/pbs. That might have been my answer but the truth is I relied heavily on the BBC which was carried by many affiliates. At times npr disgusted me. I don't get Pacifica or pri broadcasts, but I bet people who do had different views than those who only listened to npr.

[AP]

8. This is beautiful. It's great to see your theories about propaganda

confirmed.

You got to think though that people are scratching their heads at NPR and wondering what they're doing wrong.

I've heard some shameful propaganda on NPR. I guess they must have a lot of listeners like me who recognize it for what it is.

[grasswire]

10. people who get their news from FAUX

Probably also listen to hate radio and visit freerepublic.com.

Thus it's probably difficult to isolate the source of their misinformation. Still interesting, though.

[kaitykaity]

11. Locking. Dupe.

Discuss here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=464316

Pipa story available through philly link.