Broadcast News

Shannon Szabados looks on prior to the Women's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group A game during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

Sports commentators have abandoned the practice of sexually objectifying female athletes on air for more covert forms of sexism.

By Kate Wheeling

Social Justice

It may seem reasonable for on-air talent to fill airtime with speculation and predictions, but it’s more difficult for us to correct that sort of misinformation later on.

By Eric Horowitz

Social Justice

More women are playing sports and more people are watching them do so than ever before (just look at audience figures for this year's Women's World Cup), but you wouldn’t know it from the “mediated man cave” that is American sports media.

By Maya Dusenbery

Economics

Probably not.

By Ryan Jacobs

Social Justice

A look at letters sent to NBC news anchors suggests viewers felt a strong emotional connection with the reporters bringing them the tragic news.

By Tom Jacobs

Economics

New research suggests watching local television news leads to fatalistic beliefs regarding cancer.

By Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

New research finds when a female news anchor’s sexual attractiveness is played up, male viewers retain less information.

By Tom Jacobs

Economics

New research compares coverage of overseas news on Edward R. Murrow’s CBS and modern-day NPR, and finds public radio superior in numerous ways.

By Tom Jacobs

Economics

Network news anchors and correspondents are a far more diverse group than they were two decades ago.

By Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

The emergence of a video showing pedestrians mowed down in Baghdad by U.S. gunships illustrates how traditional media's watchdog role is being usurped.