Choose two news articles covering the Uvalde, Texas Elementary School shooting
incident - one from a liberal news source and one from a conservative news source
 

1. Compare how is the content/headline framed in these two articles.
Look up the definitions: emphasis frames, equivalence frames, gain frames, loss
frames, conservative frames, or liberal frames.
 

2. Compare agenda setting in the two articles. What does each article want you to think
about. What are the central arguments re. the issue were highlighted by the
author/journalist.
 

3. If you can, look up who the author/journalist is and how their biases may have
influenced the coverage.
 

4. Conclude your essay with your thoughts about the objectivity of the article? Should
journalists cover this issue from an objective perspective or social justice perspective?
What could be the implications of the biases and agenda setting you uncovered?

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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