The impartiality of news is a hotly contested topic, with accusations of media bias often fuelled by edited clips circulating across online and social media platforms. But there is limited systematic analysis of news output over time.
Our Arts and Humanities Research Council funded project will assess how the impartiality of political news is understood and interpreted by Ofcom, the media regulator, leading journalists and editors, as well as the wider public.
Meet the team
Our team is led by Professor Stephen Cushion and Dr Matt Walsh, with full-time research associates Dr Keighley Perkins and Dr Maxwell Modell, and is based in Cardiff University’s top-ranked School of Journalism, Media and Culture.
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Our Research
The project will carry out a series of studies examining broadcast and online news output, it will interview a wide range of journalists and editors news from leading news organisations, and will conduct focus groups with news users, as well as commission representative surveys of the public about their understanding of impartiality.
