Framing and the Media - Abu Ghraib Prison

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics Politic Communications University of Phoenix language: English abstract: This paper will define the somewhat ambiguous term framing and then discuss how it is utilized in mass media. Then a recent news topic the Abu Ghraib Prison situation will be overviewed. Two news sources will be reviewed one liberal the other conservative. Their framing approaches will be compared and the implications of these approaches will be discussed in detail.