Using the enclosed form, choose a news story (from electronic or print media) and examine how the news message is framed.
Basic Information:
Station/publication___________________
Date__________________ Time____________________
News ___________________________________________
Reporter's Name__________________________________________
Content:
Main Message Conveyed
How it Was Conveyed:
Reporter's Lead
Visuals
Key Phrases
Interviews
Reporter Commentary
Other
Summary: Did you find the coverage sympathetic to a point of view, mixed, carefully neutral, negative, confusing, erroneous, boring, other?
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COMA402 News Framing Exercise is based on a presentation given by Tony Palmeri, Department of Communication, UW Oshkosh, on a forum panel dealing with ‘the love-hate relationship’ existing between the US and the rest of the world, especially the Middle East.
