What gets covered and how?
Criteria used to decide which stories are
“newsworthy” (a.k.a. worth covering)
News Values
What is Media Bias
the media exhibiting an unjustifiable favouritism as
they cover the news... [biased] reports present viewers with an inaccurate, unbalanced, and/or unfair view of the world around them
What is framing?
This theory goes beyond agenda-setting and priming by not only telling people what to think about, but also how to think about it.
What are our names
Leon, Lidia, Eftelya
Right leaning: Trump is good
Left leaning: Trump is bad
What stance is this?
Partisan / ideological stance
What are the 2 concepts on why visibility in the mass media can help?
(Name 1)
Agenda-setting
Priming
What are emphasis frames?
When two news outlets report on the same political scandal, one emphasizing “corruption and accountability” and the other focusing on “personal tragedy and reputation,” they are applying different forms of this key framing distinction.
Guess which one of us fell through a 3 story building at the age 14
Leon
"online-only news site vs. print magazine"
What type of organizational dimension is this
medium / channel
What is one similarity of agenda setting and priming
Both based on issues or topics being accessible (or top-of-mind) for
voters / citizens / consumers
What is framing bias or ideological framing?
When media coverage repeatedly portrays social protests as “disruptive” rather than as “democratic expression,” it illustrates this form of subtle influence, rooted in structural and cultural framing choices.
Out of the 3 people presenting right now name every single country that we're all from
Germany, India, Spain, Turkey
Name 3 outcomes that stem from Commercial pressures
• Engagement, clicks, sharing, liking...so...
• News values that cause stronger reactions will be more commercially
successful
• ‘soft news’- celebrity, lifestyle, human-interest, more fun stuff
• scandal & clickbait, emotional, controversial
• Infotainment: the blending of information & entertainment
• Not necessarily bad!
What is the limitation of priming in hybrid or multi-platform media environments?
In complex media systems, this theory’s predictive power weakens because audiences are exposed to multiple, fragmented agendas — making it harder to determine which issues become “top-of-mind.”
What were the 4 key terms from the framing research example
problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, treatment recommendation
What are our combined ages
57