Framing Russia in the Estonian, German, and Bulgarian Online Media: Coverage of Two Concrete Events
Journal: Theoretical and Practical Issues of Journalism
Year: 2021

The article provides a short theoretical discussion of framing in news and its role in the construction of reality. They present their approach to frame analysis by showcasing the coverage of two concrete events (the explosion in Arkhangelsk Oblast on August 8, 2019; the Eastern Economic Forum, that took place in Vladivostok on 4–6 September 2019) in Russia by the Estonian, German, and Bulgarian online media, with an emphasis on the Estonian news portals. The analysis rests on the assumption tha