Media framing
Media framing is the ways in which the media, including news reporting, selects stories and tells stories. From the subjective process of choosing which stories to report on and how to report them, the news is framed in ways that reflect a particular worldview.
For example, one of my favorite podcasts, Communication Junkie with Steven Fuller, describes the different ways in which news outlets reported on the mass shooting murder of nine people in Charleston, South Carolina. When this happened, in 2015, Fuller found a CNN report on this story. CNN framed the shooting as a white killer, Dylann Roof, killing nine black people as an act of racism. On the other hand, Fuller describes Fox News reporting this story as an atheist, Dylann Roof, killing nine Christians as an act against Christianity. As Fuller explains, both are true, but each media outlet reported the story, or framed the story, based on their liberal or conservative worldview.
For example, one of my favorite podcasts, Communication Junkie with Steven Fuller, describes the different ways in which news outlets reported on the mass shooting murder of nine people in Charleston, South Carolina. When this happened, in 2015, Fuller found a CNN report on this story. CNN framed the shooting as a white killer, Dylann Roof, killing nine black people as an act of racism. On the other hand, Fuller describes Fox News reporting this story as an atheist, Dylann Roof, killing nine Christians as an act against Christianity. As Fuller explains, both are true, but each media outlet reported the story, or framed the story, based on their liberal or conservative worldview.
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