This is the discussion activity for the ‘News’ section of CMN 10.
Your assignment, developed more fully in the video below, is to post links to two (2) news stories that frame the same recent event or issue in very different ways, and to explain or discuss those frames.
Here’s more in the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Basically, the video includes all the assignment instructions and requirements, please watch it carefully.
If you are still confused about the assignment, below is the example that I have
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org/2021/11/02/1051720391/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-elected” rel=”noreferrer noopener” target=”_blank” data-saferedirecturl=”https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/02/1051720391/boston-mayor-michelle-wu-elected&source=gmail&ust=1636947187785000&usg=AOvVaw2OWtJI3LxUahGP108q5yP7″>https://www.npr.org/2021/11/
On Tuesday, November 11th, Michelle Wu beat out fellow Councilor Annissa Essaibi George to become Boston’s next mayor — Boston’s first female and first person of color elected mayor. Both NPR and NBC News addressed Michelle Wu’s female and Asia identity. While NPR framed this in political terms, emphasizing policies that Michelle Wu proposed and Essaibi George’s opposite view, NBC News framed it in terms of the entire September’s preliminary election, Michelle Wu’s family background, and personal experience.
These differences could be interpreted as a difference between policy frames and episodic frames. Policy frames focus on policies, like rent control and rent stabilization Michelle mentioned in NPR. Episodic frames use personal angles with specific cases, like NBC News used Michelle Wu’s family background, and personal experience as an angle to frame the news.
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