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A Case Study of Cross-ownership Waivers: Framing Newspaper Coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s Requests to Keep The New York Post

Seeman, Rachel

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2009, Master of Arts, Miami University, Mass Communication.
Media ownership is an important regulatory issue that is enforced by the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC, Congress, court and public interest groups share varying viewpoints concerning what the ownership limits should be and whether companies should be granted a waiver to be excused from the rules. News Corporation is one media firm that has a history of seeking these waivers, particularly for the New York Post and television stations in same community. This study conducted a qualitative framing analysis of news articles from the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal to determine if the viewpoints expressed by the editorial boards were reflected in reports on News Corp.’s attempt to receive cross-ownership waivers. The analysis uncovered ten frames the newspapers used to assist in reporting the events and found that 80% of these frames did parallel the positions the paper’s editorial boards took concerning ownership waivers.
Bruce Drushel, PhD (Committee Chair)
Howard Kleiman, PhD (Committee Member)
Douglas Shumavon, PhD (Committee Member)
129 p.

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  • Seeman, R. (2009). A Case Study of Cross-ownership Waivers: Framing Newspaper Coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s Requests to Keep The New York Post [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1250106904

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Seeman, Rachel. A Case Study of Cross-ownership Waivers: Framing Newspaper Coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s Requests to Keep The New York Post. 2009. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1250106904.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Seeman, Rachel. "A Case Study of Cross-ownership Waivers: Framing Newspaper Coverage of Rupert Murdoch’s Requests to Keep The New York Post." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1250106904

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)