{"id":34531,"date":"2024-10-09T07:20:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T07:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/comparing-media-coverage-an-exercise-in-framing-agenda-setting-and-fragmentation\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T07:20:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T07:20:42","slug":"comparing-media-coverage-an-exercise-in-framing-agenda-setting-and-fragmentation","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/comparing-media-coverage-an-exercise-in-framing-agenda-setting-and-fragmentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing media coverage: An exercise in framing, agenda setting and fragmentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For your assignment this week, I want you to look at the websites of the news outlets with different &#8220;leanings&#8221; and compare the coverage.&nbsp; You will pick a news outlet from each of the following three lists.&nbsp; If you have trouble seeing any of the news due to a paywall, go to a different news medium from that category.&nbsp; I want you to look around each news site a bit, skim some different articles, and then also find a topic that is covered on all three news medium sites to pay attention to and read more in depth.&nbsp; You will then answer some questions with specific examples based on your findings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Left-ish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The New York Times<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">CNN<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Atlantic<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Bloomberg<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">MSNBC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Center-ish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Reuters<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">AP&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">ABC News<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Wall Street Journal<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Newsweek&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Right-ish<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Fox News<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">The Daily Wire<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Newsmax<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Washington Examinder<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">New York Post<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">For transparency:&nbsp; If you are wondering how I put together these lists, I based them off this chart &#8211;<span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/span><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">https:\/\/www.allsides.com\/media-bias\/media-bias-chart<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\"><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Links to an external site.<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">1.&nbsp; Which of the above news outlets did you look at? (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Picking media outlets from different categories worth 10 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">2.&nbsp; First, let&#8217;s talk agenda setting. (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Worth 15 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">A.&nbsp; For each news outlet, which topics and articles seemed to be promoted the most or covered with more importance\/frequency?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">B.&nbsp; Did this vary between news outlets, and what did you make of these differences?&nbsp; Explain and be specific.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">C.&nbsp; Based of all three outlets, what are some topics that you felt had more importance \/ need-to-know value?&nbsp; Why?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">3.&nbsp; Next, we&#8217;ll discuss framing.&nbsp; Pick one topic that is covered by all three outlets.&nbsp; (There should be several options, but an easy one might be the vice presidential debate).&nbsp; How did you see the topic framed in different manners?&nbsp; Please be specific in your answer and give examples.&nbsp; (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Worth 15 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">4.&nbsp; Did you see any examples of the &#8220;watch dog&#8221; function in any of the media outlets?&nbsp; Explain. (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Worth 10 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">5.&nbsp; What did this assignment, and your own experience with getting news, teach you about media fragmentation? (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Worth 5 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">6.&nbsp; Did you notice any instances of &#8220;echo chambers&#8221; in this assignment? (<em style=\"cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">Worth 5 points)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto; color: inherit;\">7.&nbsp; Reflect on this experience.&nbsp; What are some final takeaways you had as well as anything you may have learned? 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