Framing the mass media: Exploring ‘fake news’ as a frame embedded in political discourse

Riebling, Jan Rasmus; Wense, Ina von der

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“…For example, Nygaard’s (2019) content analysis of right-wing Scandinavian outlets ( n = 90 articles) explores the stylistic strategies used to present anti-immigration messaging. Figenschou and Ihlebæk’s (2019) content analysis of six right-wing Norwegian outlets ( n = 600 articles) produced key findings on how these sites criticise the media and challenge journalistic authority (see also Riebling and Von der Wense, 2019).…”

Section: Understanding and Interpreting Alternative Online Political ...mentioning

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A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015–2018)

McDowell-Naylor¹,

Cushion²,

Thomas³

2021

Journalism

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Alternative online political media (AOPM) have become increasingly prominent elements of the media system in many countries. In response, numerous academic studies have examined the nature of these newer forms of alternative media. In line with this recent scholarship, in this study we carry out a longitudinal and systematic content analysis of nine AOPM websites in the United Kingdom (UK) ( N = 3452) between 2015 and 2018. Overall, we found a diversity of content, contrasting values and degrees of partisanship, which we develop into a typology of outlets. This includes four overlapping areas: electoral hyperpartisans, cultural partisans, political cycle specialists and vernacular macro-blogs. We conclude by recommending that scholars need to develop more detailed content analyses in order to better understand online alternative media, their interactions with the wider media system, and the system itself.

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Section: Understanding and Interpreting Alternative Online Political ...mentioning

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A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015–2018)

McDowell-Naylor¹,

Cushion²,

Thomas³

2021

Journalism

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Metaphorical framing in news

Moghadam

Samar

2023

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This study investigates metaphorical framing in political language. In particular, we describe dominant metaphoric frames which are used by the conservative and liberal media in the US when debating over the different aspects of the socio-political issues. The data for this study have been collected from the online archives of CNN and Fox news that were published on the two topics of medical healthcare system and immigration. We draw upon the ideas from some of the most recent semi-automated metaphor identification approaches to identify metaphors in texts. The findings of this study indicate that the US conservatives use a wider range of metaphorical frames to discuss the political issues. Some metaphorical frames are often used by both parties, while some others mark the divisive partisan rhetoric. Besides, the findings show that there are some metaphoric frames that are exclusively used to talk about a particular aspect of a topic.

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Identifying Frames of the COVID-19 Infodemic: Thematic Analysis of Misinformation Stories Across Media

Mohammadi¹,

Tahamtan²,

Mansourian³

et al. 2022

JMIR Infodemiology

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Background The word “infodemic” refers to the deluge of false information about an event, and it is a global challenge for today’s society. The sheer volume of misinformation circulating during the COVID-19 pandemic has been harmful to people around the world. Therefore, it is important to study different aspects of misinformation related to the pandemic. Objective This paper aimed to identify the main subthemes related to COVID-19 misinformation on various platforms, from traditional outlets to social media. This paper aimed to place these subthemes into categories, track the changes, and explore patterns in prevalence, over time, across different platforms and contexts. Methods From a theoretical perspective, this research was rooted in framing theory; it also employed thematic analysis to identify the main themes and subthemes related to COVID-19 misinformation. The data were collected from 8 fact-checking websites that formed a sample of 127 pieces of false COVID-19 news published from January 1, 2020 to March 30, 2020. Results The findings revealed 4 main themes (attribution, impact, protection and solutions, and politics) and 19 unique subthemes within those themes related to COVID-19 misinformation. Governmental and political organizations (institutional level) and administrators and politicians (individual level) were the 2 most frequent subthemes, followed by origination and source, home remedies, fake statistics, treatments, drugs, and pseudoscience, among others. Results indicate that the prevalence of misinformation subthemes had altered over time between January 2020 and March 2020. For instance, false stories about the origin and source of the virus were frequent initially (January). Misinformation regarding home remedies became a prominent subtheme in the middle (February), while false information related to government organizations and politicians became popular later (March). Although conspiracy theory web pages and social media outlets were the primary sources of misinformation, surprisingly, results revealed trusted platforms such as official government outlets and news organizations were also avenues for creating COVID-19 misinformation. Conclusions The identified themes in this study reflect some of the information attitudes and behaviors, such as denial, uncertainty, consequences, and solution-seeking, that provided rich information grounds to create different types of misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Some themes also indicate that the application of effective communication strategies and the creation of timely content were used to persuade human minds with false stories in different phases of the crisis. The findings of this study can be beneficial for communication officers, information professionals, and policy makers to combat misinformation in future global health crises or related events.

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Framing the mass media: Exploring ‘fake news’ as a frame embedded in political discourse

Cited by 5 publications

References 33 publications

A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015–2018)

A typology of alternative online political media in the United Kingdom: A longitudinal content analysis (2015–2018)

Metaphorical framing in news

Identifying Frames of the COVID-19 Infodemic: Thematic Analysis of Misinformation Stories Across Media

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