Author Question: What is framing? What are the positive and negative implications of framing? Use an example from the ... (Read 74 times)

jrubin · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

What is framing? What are the positive and negative implications of framing? Use an example from the chapter to support your answer.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

What is a horse race in the media and what are the consequences of the media obsession with them?

What will be an ideal response?

triiciiaa · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 10, 2018

Answer to Question 1

An ideal response will:
1, Discuss how media framing is the process by which the media create a context for a story that shapes the way that citizens perceive it.
2, Provide a brief example from the book, and discuss how the issue is framed and the implications of how the issue is framed. For example, students might select poverty, a national disaster like Hurricane Katrina, or racial problems in the United States.
3, Discuss how framing can be positive in that it helps citizens put events into a context and can elicit a particular reaction such as public support for a government program or government intervention. Also, discuss how it can be negative in that framing can create false perceptions of an event.

Answer to Question 2

An ideal response will:
1, Define the concept of the horse race as media obsession with who is ahead and behind in the polls.
2, Explain how focusing on the horse race obscures or minimizes coverage of issues and policies discussed by candidates.