Media Research

  • Fact Sheet

    Apr 1 2008

    How News is "Framed"

    By Sara Tiegreen and Elana Newman

    An overview of how news stories, traumatic and otherwise, are "framed," finding a general absence of context and recommending avenues for future research.

  • Fact Sheet

    Jan 1 2008

    The Effect of News "Frames"

    By Sara Tiegreen and Elana Newman

    An overview of current scholarship regarding how different, contextual approaches to reporting news influence consumers’ knowledge, perceptions and opinions, and the implications for researchers and for journalists.

  • From the Academy

    Jun 30 2007

    Weathering the Trauma Storms: Developing Interviewing Techniques

    By Gavin Rees

    Nearly every journalist in the course of their career will interview people who have experienced significant trauma. But how many receive any training for the task? This article describes how role-playing traumatic incidents might give student journalists valuable insight and hone crucial interviewing skills.

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