News Corp Translated: Framing the United States in Bulgaria

This study examined framing in two Bulgarian television stations and their web sites. Framing within the web sites' news coverage of the United States was examined during the one-month period immediately following the 2008 United States presidential election. The news articles gathered from the two web sites were examined for amount of coverage, frame presence and valence, as well as hyperlinks, in order to offer insight into the fields of gatekeeping, framing, and corporate ownership bias. Suggestions of bias were found in terms of the overall tone of the articles but not in the amount of coverage. There was a significant difference between the two web sites in the tone of coverage concerning individuals and events.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication Studies

Department dc:contributor.department

Communication Studies

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Sotirova, Nadezhda Mihaylova

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Magee, Robert G.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Waggenspack, Beth M.
• Chen, Yi-Chun Yvonnes

• Framing
• Media bias
• ownership bias
• Gate keeping

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-05132009-150731

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/32710