Media Comparison

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der bias (Bennett 2003). After analysis, the findings will be discussed in terms of their broader social implications. The three topics and their assigned mass media outlets are illustrated in Table A. Three of the news sources are newspapers, and two are television news broadcasts.
Table A: Topics and Sources
Theme Topic Sources
International The current intifada in Israel/ Palestine The Washington Post,The New York Times
National The race for the DemocraticPresidential nomination in 2004 CNN’s Newsnight with Aaron Brown,The New York Times
Local The expected protests of the Free Trade Area of the Americas conference in Miami NBC 6 South Florida 11:00PM newscast,The Miami Herald

International News: Israel/Palestine
The question of news coverage of the ongoing Palestinian uprising will be analyzed within the scope of two print sources. Table B illustrates the two consecutive dates chosen at random, the pertinent individual articles contained within each source on those dates, and an identifying code for each article. For the purposes of simplification, each article will be referred to by code throughout the analysis (full citations appear in the list of references).
On the first chosen date of coverage, The New York Times contained three articles relevant to the ongoing violence in Israel. NYT-1 was framed from a typical pro-Western, Eurocentric point of view. This would not be worthy of note, as the source is an American newspaper, except for the fact that this is a powerfully important international story of a conflict between traditional Western and non-Western values. Though the intent of the article is to be an episodic event (Bennett 2003), one side of the conflict is mentioned in human terms, and the other is barely mentioned at all. Personalization of the issue occurs as the views of both Italians and Israelis are discussed in terms of the action of their respective govern...