News Frames Research Articles

DISHARMONISASI KEPALA DAERAH (ANALISIS FRAMING ROBERT N. ENTMAN PADA PEMBERITAAN MEDIA ONLINE ULASAN.CO)

This research aims to understand and analyze how the online media outlet Ulasan.co frames the news about the leadership of the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Riau Islands, where three months after their inauguration, they were hit by issues of disharmony. Ulasan.co is the most prominent online media platform in the Riau Islands that frequently highlights these issues. This study analyzes the news texts from Ulasan.co titled "Dirty Plates" Amid the Ansar-Marlin Dispute. The research findings indicate that Ulasan.co's news framing is considered to lack "covering both sides" as it tends to present statements from only one party. The analysis is conducted using Robert N. Entman's framing model, yielding the following results: Problem Identification (identifying the problem's causes) is attributed to internal political conflict; Diagnose Causes (assessing the root causes) point to the Deputy Governor; Make Moral Judgements (moral evaluation) involve the professional stance of the Governor in maintaining governance continuity; and Treatment Recommendations (problem-solving and resolution) involve the call for resolving the issues and conflicts between the Governor and Deputy Governor, thereby allowing them to collaborate once again in advancing the Riau Islands Province.

The effect of place on voting behavior: The case of the Arizona proposition to legalize recreational marijuana

AbstractIn 2020, Arizonans approved Proposition 207, the Smart and Safe Arizona Act, which legalized recreational marijuana sales. Previous research has typically used non‐spatial survey data to understand marijuana legalization voting patterns. However, voting behavior can, in part, be shaped by geographic context, or place, which is unaccounted for in aspatial survey data. We use multiscale geographically weighted regression to analyze how place shaped Proposition 207 voting behavior, independently of demographic variations across space. We find significant spatial variability in the sensitivity of voting for Proposition 207 to changes in several of the predictor variables of opposition and support for recreational marijuana legalization. We argue that local statistical modeling approaches provide a more in‐depth understanding of ballot measure voting behavior than the current use of global models.Related ArticlesBranton, Regina, and Ronald J. McGauvran. 2018. “Mary Jane Rocks the Vote: The Impact of Climate Context on Support for Cannabis Initiatives.” Politics & Policy 46(2): 209–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12248.Brekken, Katheryn C., and Vanessa M. Fenley. 2020. “Part of the Narrative: Generic News Frames in the U.S. Recreational Marijuana Policy Subsystem.” Politics & Policy 49(1): 6–32. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12388.Fisk, Jonathan M., Joseph A. Vonasek, and Elvis Davis. 2018. “‘Pot'reneurial Politics: The Budgetary Highs and Lows of Recreational Marijuana Policy Innovation.” Politics & Policy 46(2): 189–208. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12246.

Aotearoa New Zealand Climate and Environmental Journalists: Profiles, Practices, and Perspectives

This study investigates the profiles, practices, and perspectives of leading climate and environmental journalists from Aotearoa New Zealand. Based upon semi-structured interviews, this study discusses the state of national climate and environmental reportage, as well as possible and desired futures in the round, as responses to the rapidly emerging climate and biodiversity emergency. Within a comparatively small national media ecosystem, the interviews reveal a diversity of backgrounds and degrees of scientific expertise, a collegial relationship amongst the journalists, and a relatively high degree of autonomy in their respective newsrooms. The research notes the journalists believe climate and environmental reportage has increased in Aotearoa New Zealand in recent years although the level of coverage is still insufficient, and there are ongoing struggles to locate climate and environmental journalism within existing news frames. The interview discussion also explores features of reportage such as source relations, workload pressures, and audience engagement. This study explores how journalists negotiate their personal commitments to environmental change within the context of their professional practice. It also discusses the issue of advocacy reportage in climate and environmental journalism and possible critiques of existing journalistic practices and dominant news frames within the contexts of a climate and biodiversity emergency.

Framing Chronic Pain in U.S. News Coverage of the Opioid Epidemic (2012-2022)

ABSTRACT Chronic pain, pain persisting longer than six months, afflicts 20% of the U.S. population and is the leading cause of disability. To manage pain, many chronic pain patients (CPPs) and healthcare providers turn to opioids, prescription medications that block pain signals and offer relief. However, in light of the U.S.’ ongoing opioid epidemic, CPPs without a history of opioid use disorder (OUD) are facing increased stigma when seeking opioid medication. Further, many have been forced to taper their therapeutic dose due to updated Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prescribing guidelines in 2016 and 2022, with a range of (adverse) outcomes. Though research has explored experiences of chronic pain and OUD independently, few studies have explored how media coverage of the opioid epidemic has shaped representations, and resulting stereotypes, of CPPs. Guided by framing theory, this content analysis examines sources’ characterization of CPPs amidst a decade of U.S. news coverage of the opioid epidemic (N = 492). Findings identify four dominant news frames, including two novel frames termed culpability and strategy, and elements (i.e., characters, significant events) that comprise these frames. When discussed, CPPs were ascribed the identity of a drug-seeking addict 82% of the time. Collectively, this study provides insight as to how news media coverage of the opioid epidemic influence(d) public perceptions of chronic pain (patients). Findings offer theoretical and practical implications for media outlets, policymakers, CPPs and healthcare providers, as well as highlighting how use of opioids for pain management does not equate to abuse of opioids.

Media Framing on the Hamas-Israel Conflict: An Analysis of Kompas.com and CNBC Indonesia News in October 2023

International conflict is a social phenomenon in international law, involving subjects that seek to harm other states. Causes are varied, including disputes over material factors such as territorial sea conflicts and economic competition. Conflicts often stem from differences in ethnic interests, such as those between Palestine and Israel. The media plays a role in shaping public opinion, news coverage of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict can be influenced by partisanship, news framing, and geopolitical influences. The mass media, such as kompas.com and CNBC Indonesia, portray the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through news framing that influences readers' perceptions. Kompas.com tends to emphasize Israel's declaration of war on Hamas and the casualties of the attacks, giving emphasis to Israel's actions in response to the attacks and creating sympathy for Israel. They also highlighted Hamas' exploitation of the geopolitical gap in the Middle East. On the other hand, CNBC Indonesia was more neutral in reporting on the conflict, not emphasizing one side over the other. They include Russia's view of the conflict, providing additional viewpoints and showing that there are other countries influencing or providing perspectives on the conflict. With qualitative research methods and framing analysis William A. Gamson and Andre Modigliani, this research revealed that kompas.com highlighted PM Netanyahu's statement that Isr.

Success or Failure? News Framing of the COP26 Glasgow Summit and its Effects on Citizens’ Beliefs About Climate Change

The UN climate summits represent decisive moments for climate change policy. Under significant media coverage, world leaders gather for intense negotiations over policies to address global warming. Given the enormous political, economic, and environmental issues at stake, news media typically frame these summits in terms of success or failure. Still, we know surprisingly little about how these mediated mega events influence public perceptions both during and beyond the specific summit. Focusing on the 2021 Glasgow summit (COP26), this study combines a media content analysis and a two-wave panel survey with a rolling cross-section component, to determine how news framing influenced both summit-specific and more generic climate change beliefs among citizens in Sweden. Findings show (1) that beliefs about the success/failure of the summit took shape immediately following the summit, (2) that news framing effects were particularly pronounced when the final agreement was settled, and (3) that these instantaneous framing effects on summit-specific beliefs left small but lasting imprints on citizens’ generic climate change beliefs several weeks after the summit. These findings have implications for both climate opinion and theories of dynamic news framing effects.

Investigating political news coverage patterns in Bangladesh during 2013-2022 using computational methods

The political landscape in Bangladesh is complex and multifaceted, with limited exploration in relation to the rapidly growing news industry. This study aims to address this gap by analyzing 15,801 news articles, utilizing trend analysis and topic modeling. The findings reveal a consistent decline in political news coverage, with sporadic increases during parliamentary election years. The dominant focus of news topics revolves around the two major political parties, the Awami League (AL) and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), indicating the country’s two-party-centric nature of politics. Smaller political parties receive media coverage primarily when they form coalitions with major parties, further highlighting the dominance of the two major parties in political news coverage. The study also uncovers a preference for individual political figures over incidents or events in news coverage, suggesting a patron-client relationship within major political parties and a hierarchical decision-making system. In addition, the study identifies shifts in news framing during significant events, such as national elections, indicating changes in person-centric news frames, but always involving one of the two major political parties. Finally, the study highlights and raises important questions about potential political control over media and journalistic activities, stimulating discourse on journalistic freedom and political free speech.

News Frames Emotion: Analyzing How Audience Are Influenced by News Frames

Purpose: As a persistent pattern of selection, interpretation, emphasis and presentation, news frames is very fundamental in influencing individual emotions. News is the construct and presentation of the news media. The study examines how audience emotions are influenced by news frames.
 Materials and Methods: The study is anchored on the theory of media framing, which deals with how the media package and present information to the audience or how audiences feel about an issue. Using analytical review of literature, the paper is exploratory and explanatory in nature as it adopts the gathering of relevant literature data with the sole aim of interpreting these data in order to achieve the desired aim of the study.
 Findings: Arising from the analyses of data, the study submits that news frame as the construct and presentation of the news media is capable of influencing audience’s emotions. Individual’s perception and reaction to news is a product of the journalistic news frame. This is because news frames involve selecting and emphasizing words, expressions, and images and these are capable of influencing audience’s cognitive, attitude and emotional effects.
 Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: However, audience emotions to news largely depend on the state of the audience’s selection, interpretation and perception processes of the news.

“Too Infernally Scientific”: John Wesley Powell and News Framing of Climate Policy in the Nineteenth-Century Press

In 1890, John Wesley Powell launched a plan to reshape land use polices in the western United States. His proposal, grounded in science, sought to protect vulnerable water rights and garnered US press attention for eight months. Using qualitative historical analysis combined with quantitative content analysis to examine the story frames used by 281 newspapers in some 798 articles covering the debate over Powell’s proposal, this study fills a conspicuous gap in researchers’ understandings of the history of climate coverage in the US. It discovers that news coverage overwhelmingly focused on a political conflict frame that deemphasized the substance both of Powell’s proposal and the alternatives offered by his opponents. Finally, it illustrates the usefulness of applying contemporary frames to historical questions and highlights the partisan sectional identity dominant in the American West in the 1890s.

ANALYSIS OF ZHONGDANG PAN AND GERALD M KOSICKI’S FRAMING ON NEWS REJECTION OF ROHINGNYA REFUGEES IN ACEH BESAR (STUDY ON ANTARANEWS.COM AND DETIK.COM)

This research aims to analyze the framing techniques of Antaranews.com and Detik.com media in reporting on Rohingya refugees on December 11 2023. This is interesting because the two media come from different ownership; Antaranews.com is managed by the Antara National News Agency (LKBN Antara), which is a State-Owned Enterprise (BUMN) in the news agency sector, while Detik.com is under the private company PT Trans Digital Media. The author uses the framing analysis model of Zhong Dang Pan and Gerald M. Kosicki to divide this news frame into 4 structural dimensions, namely syntax, script, thematic and rhetorical. The results of the research show that the framing of news about the rejection of Rohingya refugees in Aceh on December 11 2023 written by Antaranews.com was more balanced than Detik.com in presenting the news. The selection of quotes and photos included makes the reporting construction carried out by Antaranews.com try to direct public opinion to see from both sides, the Rohingya refugees and the residents of Ladong Aceh Besar. Meanwhile, Detik.com has not fulfilled the 5W+1H principle and does not write news from both sides of the point of view.

Media framing and trust: A randomized survey experiment on attitudes towards the unvaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic

This research examines the influence of news media and trust in institutions on how vaccinated individuals in Finland perceived the unvaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed a randomized survey experiment involving 455 participants and incorporated episodic and thematic news framings on vaccine side effects alongside a non-treatment control group. Episodic framing, which presented personal stories, was found to significantly reduce the inclination to impose additional restrictions on the unvaccinated and lessen the perception of them as an outgroup. The converse effect was shown in thematic framing, which focused on statistics and expert opinions. The study also underscored the pivotal role of trust in institutions: lower trust increases the influence of episodic framing, while strong political trust can mitigate the effects of news framing. This investigation provides vital insights into the interplay between media framing and trust levels in shaping public attitudes towards health risks and non-adherence during a health emergency.

News Framing and Discourse Analysis of the Editorials of the Aurat March in Pakistan’s English Language Newspapers

News Framing and Discourse Analysis of the Editorials of the Aurat March in Pakistan’s English Language Newspapers

News Media Representations: Audience Perceptions of News Frames About Latinxs and Hispanics

This study includes a survey of 1,077 participants to explore the audiences’ perceptions of news representations about the largest minoritized group in the United States: Latinxs and Hispanics. The findings suggest that news exposure, age, ethnicity, education, and income are significant variables for the public to perceive more positive portrayals of Latinxs/Hispanics. Also, some negative stereotypical interpretations of Latinx/Hispanic news frames continue to be pervasive. The results point to the need for updated theoretical approaches focused on the role of media in the minoritization process of ethnoracial populations.

TERRORIST ATTACK IN THE HOLY ARTISAN CAFÉ, BANGLADESH: AN ANALYSIS ON NEWS FRAMING

This article analyzes the societal consequence of the news framing of the terrorist attack in the Holy Artisan Café of Bangladesh which killed 29 people, including 20 hostages (17 foreigners and 3 locals), two police officers, five gunmen, and two bakery staff. on 1st July 2016. With the application of both quantitative and qualitative research methodology, the researcher studied 134 news articles regarding the terrorist attack on the two prominent newspapers of Bangladesh: “The "Daily Star”, and “The "Prothom Alo” dated from 01 July 2016 to 01 July 2017. The quantitative analysis of the comparative framing of media coverage of these two prominent newspapers, the article found that i) 88.81% coverage of these two dailies are generically news articles, ii) the major source (41.04%) of this news is Bangladesh Police, iii) only 11.94% articles interpret the reasons and political consequence of the terrorist attack, iv) 88.16% news is descriptive, v) the contextual framework of 63.43% news is episodic. With an application of the Content Analysis method, the qualitative research found that: the news coverage of the two dailies regarding the Holy Artisan attack in Bangladesh had far-reaching societal consequences impacting public perceptions, government policies, security measures, and social dynamics.

Digital news platforms and mediatization of religion: Understanding the religious coverage in different ‘News Frames’

Mass Media has been influencing a dominant sector of the society called ‘Religion’ from the time of its inception. Today, in the age of digital journalism the news consumption has increased in many folds and the mediatization of religion has taken a bigger shape on digital news platforms where feedback on every news story is instantaneous. To understand the intensity of mediatization of religion the coverage of religious specific content in two top rated digital news platforms of English language were analysed using thematic content analysis in the following news frames “Attribution of Responsibility,” “Human Interest,” “Morality,” “Economic Consequences,” and “Conflict.” The findings helped in identifying the level of social interaction expressed by the readers towards religion and the implication of different news frames on creating strong influence on people. The study is conducted in a country where multiple religions are practiced from eternities by large groups of people forming a society.

News Frames of the Russian-Ukrainian War on the Websites

This study aimed to reveal the news frameworks of the Russian-Ukrainian war on the (Rudaw) and (BBC) Arabic websites. The study adopted the content analysis method within the descriptive approach, as its sample consisted of all news materials published on the two websites during the first week of the war, for the period between (24/2/2022) until (2/3/2022). The total sample during the mentioned period amounted to (183) news for both sites. The study reached several results, most notably: There are statistically significant differences in the framing of the news of the Russian-Ukrainian war by the both websites. (Rudaw) focused on news briefings, while (BBC Arabic) focused on news reports in the first place. The two sites did not rely on media sources from the two sides of the conflict, while Rudaw obtained information by monitoring the accounts of senior officials of the two sides of the conflict on social media (18,55%). The results also show that the both websites depend on their correspondents and delegates in the manufacture and transmission of news with a very small percentage. While news reports were prepared by the both websites' correspondents from other countries such as the United States, Germany and Britain, not on the battlefield or on the territory of the two warring countries. With regard to the persuasive frameworks used in presenting the news, the results showed that Rudaw was more reasonable and neutral, while BBC Arabic was biased towards sympathizing with the Ukrainians and portraying them as an oppressed people. The main reason for this difference may be the reflection of the official and political position of the funder of both sites, as Rudaw refrained from any attempt to make an impact and attract the attention of the recipient, as it tried in (90,72%) of its news to convey facts and information only, leaving the decision and interpretation to the recipient. Contrasted with (BBC Arabic), which used several terms such as: occupation, invasion, crime, violations, in order to convince the public of its tendencies towards sympathy with the Ukrainians.

News Frames as Islamophobic Narratives: Radicalized Concepts

Media meets individuals' information/news needs, entertains them, and influences their political preferences through the content it produces. In addition to these fundamental functions, media, which also has many functions that can shape everyday life, plays an important role in constructing/determining meaning in an individual's mental world. The increase in Islamophobia, which has become a global problem, has also been influenced by the problematic nature/editorial policies of international and national media outlets. The media, which produces content with a form that dictates how individuals should think about Islam and Muslims, and what meanings should form in their minds, shapes the mental world of individuals with the meaning frames it creates. This study aims to understand in what frames news about elements known as Islamic clothing/appearance, such as headscarves, hijab, veiling, turban, thobe, taqiyah, and beard are presented in the Turkish media. Therefore, news articles on the websites of media organizations named Sözcü, Cumhuriyet, and Halk TV, which were selected through purposive sampling, were analyzed using the framing technique. The research findings indicate that concepts related to Islam and Muslims are presented in a radicalized manner, framed with negative narratives and that Islamophobic thinking patterns are conveyed to individuals.

No Laughing Matter: Media Framing a Local TV News Stunt Gone Wrong

In September 2021, two White male television personalities wore Afro wigs during a newscast as part of a gag dubbed “return to the 70s,” referring to the change in weather temperatures. A local activist and a professional media group called the prank disrespectful and inappropriate. Television station officials suspended the anchors from on-air duties and fired the station’s news director. These events generated headlines locally, nationally, and internationally. This paper is a case study centered on media coverage and grounded in framing theory. This multimethod approach includes a qualitative content analysis of articles and videos from newspapers, television stations, magazines, YouTube, websites, and blogs to identify news frames used by media outlets that covered the Afro wig incident.

Framing Analysis of the Suspected Corruption Case of Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo

Corruption is one of the deep-rooted problems in this country. One of the corruption cases that caught the public's attention and also received media attention was the corruption case of Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo or commonly known as SYL. SYL's corruption case was widely reported in various mass media, one of which was Detik.com. News is the result of media construction. The content of each news is determined by several factors such as media ideology, ownership factors, and individual factors from the news journalist. One method of analysis to see how the media constructs a news narrative can use news framing analysis. This research is descriptive qualitative research with a constructivist paradigm perspective. This study aims to analyze how Detik.com framed the news of SYL's suspected corruption case. The news used are 3 news articles that were posted at the time of SYL's alleged arrest (October 12-13, 2023). The framing analysis used is Robert N. Entman's framing model which has 4 main elements: 1. Problem identification, what the problem is framed as; 2. Diagnoses causes, causal logic related to the problem; 3. Make moral judgment, what moral values are highlighted by the media; and 4. Solution, what solutions are highlighted in the news frame. The results showed that Detik.com reported on SYL's corruption case which showed the firm action taken by the KPK for corruption cases in the Ministry of Agriculture. The total amount of corruption money of SYL and 2 other perpetrators KS and MH was reported 1 day after the day of being arrested and questioned. With this news, hopefully there will be no more corruption cases in the Ministry, or in other institutions.

Sippin’ on some sizzurp: a qualitative framing analysis of national opioid abuse coverage in Nigerian newspapers

ABSTRACT Using Entman’s framing theory, we explored primary news frames in Nigerian newspaper coverage of national opioid abuse. Results yielded 12 news frames: 5 causal frames (Poor governance, Trauma coping mechanism, The perfect trafficking hub, Corrosive culture, Performance boosters), 3 consequential frames (Nigeria as a failing state, Thriving Black Market demand, Uptick in criminal kinsmen: fraudsters and terrorists) and 4 solution frames (Hawkeyed pharmacovigilance, Policy power plays, Drug rehab health services, All hands on deck: strengthening societal values). These research insights represent one of few communication studies on African opioid abuse and offer cultural context for future health intervention strategies.