COMM 201: Media Framing Analysis: Home

Use this guide to find resources for your media framing analysis assignment. If you have questions, reach out via library chat, or email me using the contact info below:

Emily Hampton Haynes
ehamptonhaynes@carrollcc.edu

Check out the webpage of major and local cable news sites to see how they present issues.

National cable news sites

Prompt:

Framing refers to the presentation of a current event by a media producer. It can include word choice and tone, images and quotations, expert and everyday perspectives, and even the placement and length of a story within a publication or broadcast. Media scholars who study framing have noted that these choices can have powerful impacts on how people perceive an event. For this assignment, you will research, analyze, interpret, and evaluate the framing of a current story in two news outlets.

Requirements:

• At least 3 news stories on the event/story from each of the 2 selected news outlets.
• A thesis that makes a specific point about the framing of the story.
• Specific examples from each of the stories that illustrate aspects of the news frame(s) and support the thesis.
• 1000-1500 word essay or 5-8 minute recorded presentation.
• All sources cited in-text and in a Works Cited (MLA) or References (APA) list.

Browse these news organization websites to begin tracing your issue. Look at headlines, the drop head (the smaller headline giving more detail about a story), and images associated with a story. If you hit a paywall, use the library's ProQuest databases or ask a librarian for help with accessing the full article.

Local news organizations

International news sources