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Presentation
Framing News Coverage of National Parks: The Environment, Social Issues, and Recreation
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference (2015)
  • Bruce Garrison, University of Miami
  • Zongchao Li, University of Miami
Abstract
This study investigated coverage of America’s national parks, based on an analysis of 1,456 stories in 15 daily newspapers during 2000-12. Amusements, such as recreation, were the leading news frame, but social issues and environment were also commonly used. While there were no significant differences in framing approaches over time, the study found differences in how stories were framed by region and stories using amusements frames were longer, more positive, and used images more often.
Publication Date
August, 2015
Location
San Francisco, CA
Citation Information
Bruce Garrison and Zongchao Li. "Framing News Coverage of National Parks: The Environment, Social Issues, and Recreation" Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Annual Conference (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zongchao-li/23/