This thesis sought to understand how specific print media and wire news services in Georgia framed the Georgia General Assembly’s response to terrorism after September 11, 2001. The study concluded that the most detailed coverage came from the Morris News Service, a wire service subscribed to by statewide newspapers, followed by the Associated Press state newswire, then The Atlanta-Journal Constitution and The Macon Telegraph. In general, the media in this study chose to cover security bills in terms of "issues," as opposed to the "game frame" or the "leadership frame." While "patriotism" and "security" also emerged as frames, they were more likely to be in quotations from lawmakers or other elites. Surprisingly, only two citizens were quoted in the 39 articles in this study, despite the fact that several controversial bills were among the 21 considered by the Georgia legislature in the 2002 session.

Donald Trump’s announcement on June 1st, 2017, to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement generated widespread news coverage. In this qualitative framing study, a selection of articles published on that topic in the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the American New York Times are analyzed with respect to generic news frames, issue-specific frames, actor-statements, and images. The most frequently used news frames were economic consequences, conflict, and responsibility. The morality frame appeared only twice, whereas the human interest frame was not evident in the verbal text at all, but occurred in one image. Two issue-specific frames emerged, the setback frame, evident in the majority of articles, cast Trump’s decision as a momentous setback for the U.S. and the global fight against climate change. The contradictory no impact frame implied that the Paris Agreement has many problems as is, and the U.S. withdrawal will have no impact on the state of the climate. The images accompanying the articles were shown to support the verbal issue-specific framing of the articles, whereas no clear relation could be found connecting certain types of actor-statements with the presence of a certain frame.

This essay aims to find out how Hillary Clinton is portrayed in news articles dated between October 8th to November 8th 2016 gathered from Fox News and CNN. With the help of qualitative framing analysis the study looks closer on 14 articles from the chosen time period to reveal which frames that are visible in the news material. The study also raises questions about how those frames portray masculinity or femininity and how the results of the study differs from studies done by other researchers. Results reveal that there are three prominent frames visible in the chosen material; a game frame, a scandal frame and a frame about competence and trustworthiness. Hillary Clinton is mostly portrayed as a masculine, competent yet criminal person, and the previous research matches with the findings in some areas that concern scandals and trust and differs in others that concern gender stereotypes.

Orientador: Murilo Cesar Soares / Banca: Maximiliano Martin Vicente / Banca: Danilo Rothberg / Resumo: A pesquisa analisa a cobertura jornalística de temas relacionados ao governo do presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) realizada pelo Jornal Nacional da Rede Globo, o mais importante telejornal brasileiro. Por meio da análise de enquadramento de reportagens sobre as reformas constitucionais (previdenciária e tributária), a definição da taxa de juros e o caso Waldomiro Diniz, temas direta ou indiretamente relacionadas ao governo Lula, verifica-se como o Jornal Nacional destaca ou atenua aspectos favoráveis ou desfavoráveis à gestão federal de modo a torná-los mais ou menos visíveis. Ao final do estudo, conclui-se que o telejornalismo da Rede Globo pratica enquadramentos pouco críticos ao governo federal, fenômeno observado em outros trabalhos a respeito de governos anteriores. / Abstract: The research analyses the journalistic coverage of issues related to president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s government (PT) carried out by Jornal Nacional of Rede Globo, the most important Brazilian news-bulletin. By means of analyzing the framing of reformas (social security and tax policy), the adjustment of the interests' rates and Waldomiro Diniz case, issues directly or indirectly related with Lula's government, it is verified how Jornal Nacional exaggerates or attenuates favorable or unfavorable aspects about federal government in order to make them more or less apparent. At the end of study, the conclusion is that news-bulletin of Rede Globo conducts quite uncritical frames about the federal government, phenomenon perceived in other studies about previous governments. / Mestre

This study addresses the issue of overseas news production of foreign news media when they enter the market of the Mainland China. By making an in-depth investigation of BBC’s and the FT’s operations in China and comparing the news texts of the two news media’s Chinese online portals with that of their British online portals, differences in terms of narratives, semantics, plot emphasis, and ideologies are identified and analysed, thus revealing the cross-cultural behaviour patterns of the two prominent British news media in terms of balancing between British journalistic ideology and Chinese regulations, western journalistic style and Chinese readers’ tastes, and between moral standards and commercial profit. The four online portals are compared through three Chinese news events that took place in the year 2012: the downfall of Chinese high ranking official Bo Xilai; the large-scale anti-Japan protests in the summer of 2012; and Chinese writer Mo Yan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. The three news events covered the fields of politics, economy, society and culture. The investigating methods include quantitative analysis and framing analysis of the news reports on the three news events produced by the four online portals, translation study of the translated news reports of the four online portals and semi-structured interviews with journalists and editors of BBC Chinese and the FT. The central argument is that BBC and the FT act differently in China and in the UK so as to cater to local media markets on many aspects including journalistic practice, coverage of local news, and media policy. Such changes in some cases do not remain consistent with their claims to represent the same news media. Consequently, the Chinese branches of the two prominent British news media become neither a British journalistic ideology carrier nor a copycat of a Chinese native news producer but rather a mixture of both cultures.

Orientador: Murilo Cesar Soares / Banca: Danilo Rothberg / Banca: Maximiliano Martin Vicente / Resumo: Esta dissertação analisa como se comportaram as principais revistas semanais brasileiras - CartaCapital, Época, Istoé e Veja - a respeito da crise política do primeiro mandato do governo Lula que ficou reconhecida como "Escândalo do Mensalão". Trata-se de uma crise paradoxal e rica, do ponto de vista analítico, porque envolveu com denúncias de corrupção um partido cuja trajetória foi permeada pela defesa da ética e por se tratar de uma crise revestida de características de "escândalos políticos midiáticos". Buscando evidenciar os tipos de contrastes apresentados, tratamentos e enquadramentos nas abordagens do tema, a pesquisa analisa as narrativas jornalísticas de 51 matérias das quatro revistas no período 13/06/2005 a 21/09/2005, considerando o pico de interesse público no tema e atenção da mídia. A análise indicou o nível de responsabilidade imputado pelas revistas ao Partido dos Trabalhadores, ao governo e ao presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, bem como o volume de críticas direcionadas a cada um deles, revelando diferenças significativas de tratamento e indicando nuances de enquadramentos relativos ao assunto. Existiu consenso, isolamento e conflitos de extremos, observados entre as revistas, caracterizando uma diversidade de pensamento livremente expressados pelos veículos de comunicação. Lula foi um dos agentes mais referidos a respeito do escândalo, mas o percentual de críticas e enquadramentos negativos a respeito dele foi diferente entre as revistas. Existiu, no entanto, único consenso: a responsabilidade do PT no episódio / Abstract: This paper analyses how the main Brazilian weekly magazines - CartaCapital, Época, Istoé, and Veja - approached the political crisis of president Lula first mandate, which became known as the mensalão. It was a paradoxical and complex crisis, from a more analytical point of view, because a political party with a history of ethical principles defence was accused of corruption and because it was a crisis that presented "media scandal" characteristics. In search of bringing evidences about the kind of contrast that were presented, treatment and framings when tackling the subject, this paper analyzes the journalist narratives of 51 stories of the four magazines from the period of 06/16/2005 to 09/21/2005, taking into consideration the public interest and the media attention about the matter. The analysis indicated the level of responsibility that was attributed by the magazines to the Workers' Party, to the government, and to president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, as well as the amount of critics directed to each one, revealing significant differences in the treatment of the subject and indicating nuances regarding the matter. There were consensus, isolation and conflicts between opposite sides, which could be observed among the magazines, which can show a diversity of thougts that were freely expressed by the media. Lula was one of the most cited elements regarding the scandal, but the level of negative critic and framings about him was different in each magazine. There was, however, a sole consensus: the Workers' Party (PT) responsibility in the event / Mestre

The rise to power of Viktor Orbán in 2010 has brought with it democratic backsliding and suppression of rights in Hungary, a country that in the early 2000s was seen as one of the most promising new democracies in Eastern Europe. In this thesis speeches held by Viktor Orbán during the period of 2011-2022 are examined and analyzed and further connected with identified populist strategies and framing analysis. Which tries to understand the relation between communication in the context of sender and receiver and how the receiver might interpret the message differently depending on how it is “framed”. In an attempt to understand how and which populist strategies and rhetoric has been used to justify and motivate three overarching developments during Fidesz’s period in power: the major constitutional changes of 2012 and 2013, the developments on migration and the “Stop Soros Law” as well as the suppression of LGBT rights. This paper concludes that Viktor Orbán has continuously used populist rhetoric to “attack” and undermine his opposition, whether this is in the form of the EU or domestically, championing the Hungarian cause and its people thus justifying the changes that Fidesz has implemented.

In 1999 Sweden became the first country in the world to legalise the selling of sex by individuals, whilst making its purchase illegal. This is an approach that has been both highly praised and criticized. Using the qualitative text analysis method of framing, this study examines the debate surrounding Sweden’s prostitution policy. It focuses on the tension between the government’s use of goals and means in relation to its prostitution policy and the wider societal debate with its dichotomy of freedom of choice versus coercion. To do this, parliamentary and governmental bills and governmental communication during the 2010–2014 governmental term in office have been examined. Robert Nozick’s and Serena Olsaretti’s philosophical views on voluntariness, liberal and radical feminist theory, the normalization approach and the abolitionist perspective are all referenced. The main conclusion drawn is that Swedish governmental policy work largely disregards the freedom of choice/coercion debate in favour of developing current policy.

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To explore strategic narratives of the U.S. and Russia is a motivation for this research. The study investigates whether there is a return to the Cold War rhetoric between the West and Russia, or if the discourse has taken a new form. A primary goal is to examine if media originating from the two countries spread propaganda, but mainly to detect what kind of propaganda it is. The research compares types of propaganda techniques that are most commonly applied by RT and CNN, and discusses results in a context of the Cold War propaganda prominent themes. This has been done by comparing how the two media outlets were reporting on a crash of a Malaysian Airlines aircraft in eastern Ukraine on July 17th 2014. A method of a framing analysis has been applied for a material from both channels for a period of four months. The results indicate that a number of propaganda techniques are used by both RT and CNN. Moreover, channels’ discourse is antagonistic, while strategic narratives of the U.S. and Russia nowadays have similarities and differences comparing to the Cold War times. Further research should look at other genres, events and topics reported by the two media.