The purpose of this paper is to study how the latest U.S government shutdown was framed and what kind of framing was used in two major news outlets, Fox News and CNN. The paper ask two questions first, how is the shutdown presented in CNN and Fox News coverage? And second, what examples of framing can be seen in the different company’s coverage? To find this out the paper uses a qualitative text analysis of several news articles from these outlets with framing theory as a theoretical background for the paper. The paper reaches the conclusion that for the most part in the more news focused articles both CNN and Fox News portray the shutdown as a conflict between different actors as well as a problem meanwhile the opinion pieces show similar framing but differ in that they often include a pro/anti Trump framing besides the conflict framing to the articles.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-85200 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Leandersson, Pontus |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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