Abstract
The paper intends to examine how CNN and Fox News have framed Iran's Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or the JCPOA. Following the nuclear agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the 5+1 powers in Vienna, the event was significantly depicted on two major mainstream media outlets of the United States, namely CNN and Fox News. The study also intends to examine the issue by applying framing as a theoretical approach. Framing, which is a prominent theory in communication and media studies, is concerned with the presentation of an issue in media. Using framing analysis, the study initiates to conduct data collection process on the JCPOA relevant transcripts of CNN and Fox News during four strategic events within a threeyear duration starting from 14 July 2015. The primary collected data, is analyzed by ATLAS.TI software to classify and place the selected frames into the respective tables. By analyzing over 1200 deconstructed themes, the findings reveal the main coding-news of CNN and Fox News as Iranophobia, Iran's containment, Advocates vs. Opponents, US approach towards JCPOA, Iran's nuclear program, Iran’s economy, Role of Israel as well as the JCPOA achievements. The present paper, concluded that Iran’s nuclear program under the impact of politicized frames in the US outlets has been distorted, framed and consequently represented to the audience.
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