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Untouchable Hunger: Framing Of Childhood Poverty In India, May 2012-April 2014, Amber L. Welch
Untouchable Hunger: Framing Of Childhood Poverty In India, May 2012-April 2014, Amber L. Welch
Communication Theses
The effects of childhood poverty and hunger in India are systemic. Almost half of the county’s children are classified as malnourished—and 47 percent of those under the age of three are underweight (UNICEF, 2014). This thesis analyzes how Indian’s English-language press has portrayed this widespread health issue during the past two years. This thesis also examines how the framing in the English-language press relates to the frames in the Hindi-language press. In light of framing theory, the study has found that the press used three principal media frames to portray child hunger. One frame focused on socioeconomic disparities, a second …
Framing Autism Causes And Prevelance: A Content Analysis Of Television Evening News Coverage--1994 Through April 2010, Angela S. Colson
Framing Autism Causes And Prevelance: A Content Analysis Of Television Evening News Coverage--1994 Through April 2010, Angela S. Colson
Communication Theses
Autism has been declared an urgent public health concern by the U.S. government and an epidemic by some advocacy groups. Determining autism’s diagnostic criteria, prevalence, and causes have been challenging. It is important to examine how the U.S. media have contributed to the public’s understanding of autism. Previous research found that British media coverage of the theory that vaccines cause autism was shown to contribute to the decline of vaccination rates in Britain (Lewis & Speers, 2003). This study examined U.S. television news media coverage using an agenda-setting theory and media framing perspective. A content analysis was conducted of national …
What’S The Story? Framing Of Health Issues By The U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention And Major Newspapers: A Qualitative Analysis, Kathryn O'Neill Karnes
What’S The Story? Framing Of Health Issues By The U.S. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention And Major Newspapers: A Qualitative Analysis, Kathryn O'Neill Karnes
Communication Theses
This qualitative analysis of the framing of health issues by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the world’s premier health organizations, and by major U.S. newspapers analyzes the frames present in a sample of the CDC’s press releases, and the frames present in the contemporaneous (and often resulting) press coverage. This study focuses on communication surrounding public health events that occurred in the six-year period 2002–2007.
The Framing Of China's Bird Flu Epidemic By U.S. Newspapers Influencial In China: How The New York Times And The Washington Post Linked The Image Of The Nation To The Handling Of The Disease, Ning Song
Communication Theses
This study conducted a framing research that analyzed coverage of the bird flu (avian flu) in China by two major American newspapers that are influential in China (The New York Times and Washington Post). The goal was to examine how these two prestigious newspapers frame the bird flu epidemic in China and how they represent the country in this international health crisis. This study employed textual analysis regarding the way bird flu news articles were framed in terms of problem definition, causal explanation, moral evaluation and solution recommendations in both newspapers. The study found the epidemic was framed as more …
Framing Hillary Clinton: A Content Analysis Of The New York Times News Coverage Of The 2000 New York Senate Election, Amy Beth Busher
Framing Hillary Clinton: A Content Analysis Of The New York Times News Coverage Of The 2000 New York Senate Election, Amy Beth Busher
Communication Theses
This study used a combination of qualitative and quantitative content analyses to examine how news articles written by the New York Times portrayed Hillary Clinton during the 2000 New York Senate Election. The study combined research on political elections, gender stereotypes and an inductive analysis of coverage of the election to derive at four dominant frames. These frames, political activity, horserace, gender stereotype and traditional first lady were used to determine how the media responded to Hillary Clinton’s unprecedented decision to run for election. Results show that Hillary Clinton received more coverage based on her political activity than any other …