News Frames Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of Frames Employed in Terrorism Coverage in U.S. and U.K. Newspapers

Papacharissi, Zizi; Oliveira, Maria de Fátima

doi:10.1177/1940161207312676

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“…Gamson and Modigliana (1989) and Reese (2001) also stated that media framing is a strategic way to organize complex principles that are meaningfully shared and persistent among the public, therefore, provides contextual meaning with framed interpretation for the audience. Eventually, mass media exerts how to frame the stories and plays a pivotal role in arrangement, interpretation, and evaluation of certain issues (Kang, Gearhart, & Bae, 2010;Papacharissi & Fatima Oliveira, 2008). As framing in mass media may have influential implications to shape public opinion formation, it is also important in the context of hosting mega sporting events, like the Asian Games where public opinion can be manifested through supporting or inversing of the issue.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: Media Framingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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2016

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Abstract:The study examined how newspaper articles have framed the 17th Incheon Asian Games 2014, in regard to the different issues covered, sources cited, positive and/or negative externalities frames, and the relationship between issues and sources. A total of 625 Korean nationwide and local newspaper articles covering the Asian Games during the 9-year period between April 7, 2005 and September 18, 2014 was analyzed in terms of three aspects of framing: (1) the types of issues highlighted, (2) the sources of information cited, and (3) the ways in which either possibilities of positive or negative externalities depiction were used. The results of the current study reveal that "political issues" (e.g., administrative and/or political conflict among central government, host city, and local residents, participation of North Korea national team) except "factual information of the event" (e.g., schedules, results, athlete performance, history) were the most commonly highlighted, "administrators" who are the government agencies preparing the Asian Games were the most frequently cited sources of information and the frame of "negative externalities" was more employed than the frame of "positive externalities" in newspapers of the Asian Games. This study regarding media coverage of the mega sporting event identifies how mass media agencies influence their target audience using framing theory and especially provide extensive analysis of media coverage of the Asian Games to date, which could serve as a groundwork for further studies of media framing theory.

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Section: Theoretical Framework: Media Framingmentioning

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2016

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“…This is significant because it implies that the initial discourses and representations surrounding al-Qaeda, and the "war on terror" more generally, were less stable than existing scholarship proposes (e.g. Norris et al, 2003;Jackson, 2005;Altheide, 2006;Papacharissi & Oliveira, 2008;Reese & Lewis, 2009). …”

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A shifting enemy: analysing the BBC’s representations of “al-Qaeda” in the aftermath of the September 11^th2001 attacks

Ahmad

2016

Critical Studies on Terrorism

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This article seeks to explore how the BBC made sense of the al-Qaeda phenomenon in its flagship "News at Ten" bulletin during the aftermath of the September 11 th 2001 attacks. Using Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis, it shows how the BBC's representations function as a dynamic and continually shifting site upon which a range of fears, identities, discourses and forms of knowledge and power struggle and contend, and through which a number of different "al-Qaedas" manifest themselves. In particular, three shifting modes of visual and verbal representation are identified within the BBC's coverage which each correspond to a separate understanding of al-Qaeda: the "Islamic" mode, the "Personalised" mode and the "Elusive" mode. These representations both draw upon and challenge the dominant discourses surrounding Islam, non-state terrorism, and the identities of terrorist suspects, providing audiences with a variety of, often conflicting, ways of seeing and speaking about this entity. As such, the article provides insight into the complex nature of the BBC's representations of al-Qaeda during its coverage of the September 11th 2001 attacks, and shows how such complexity serves, albeit inadvertently, to legitimise the far-reaching counterterrorism policies that were enacted in the aftermath of these attacks.

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“…Comparative analysis of framing practices in different polities and tiers of government is an established methodological practice (De Vreese et al 2001, Papacharissi 2008. Notwithstanding this, it is germane to reflect upon the appropriateness and robustness of such a method.…”

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Mixed-methods analysis of political parties׳ manifesto discourse on rail transport policy: Westminster, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish elections 1945–2011

Chaney

2014

Transport Policy

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This study addresses a key lacuna by exploring the role of electoral politics in shaping public policy on rail transport in (quasi-)federal systems of governance. Attention centres on issue-salience and policy framing in party manifestos in state-wide and regional elections. The findings reveal a significant rise in issue-salience in parties' Westminster election programmes; with Right -and Left-ofcentre parties increasingly advocating mixed economy approaches to rail transport as part of the wider rise of 'valence politics'. The analysis also reveals how devolution may lead to the territorialisation of rail transport policy. In contrast to parties' Westminster programmes, regional manifesto discourse evidences a general rejection of neo-liberalism and stronger support for state control and/or not-forprofit rail operators. Overall, the findings underline the formative nexus between political representation and public policy -and show how, in the wake of state decentralisation, policy framing is contingent on 'regional' socio-economic factors and party politics, including state-building by civic nationalist parties. (Note to editors: the following are the only changes madeotherwise the revised paper is the same as that reviewed by the referees). Reviewer #1:This paper analyses election material from the main political parties since 1945, to see both whether the emphasis given to rail policy has changed over time and whether devolution of rail decisions to Scotland and Wales has affected coverage of rail policy. However, it must be said that many of the statements analysed are of broad philosophical approach (e.g. it is good to involve the private sector) rather than specific proposals. It finds that attention to rail policy has increased over time and that what each political party says does vary between countries since devolution. However, it must be said that many of the latter differences either may be because of geographical differences (HSR may have more relevance to Scotland than to Wales) or because they deal with details (e.g. availability of discounted fares, wifi) rather than broad approach. Author ResponseI am very grateful to the reviewer for the helpful and constructive comments and suggestions. Regarding the first point: "many of the statements analysed are of broad philosophical approach… rather than specific proposals". Yes, the aim here is to use a well-established methodology (applied across a broad range of other policy areas, and issues -but not, to date, rail policy) of looking at the language parties use in attempting to appeal to voters. This offers insight into the political origins of policy and the underpinning motivations behind state policy on rail transport (seen as an aspect of social welfare/ affordable transport for all -or environmentally beneficial -or means of boosting economic development through improved infrastructure, etc. This complements traditional analyses of policy implementation for example. I"ve taken care to summarise the importance of this approach one th...

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News Frames Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of Frames Employed in Terrorism Coverage in U.S. and U.K. Newspapers

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References 14 publications

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A shifting enemy: analysing the BBC’s representations of “al-Qaeda” in the aftermath of the September 11th2001 attacks

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