The Difference Between Russian & American Media Framing Techniques On The Russian Crimean Annexation
Journal: Furman University Scholar Exchange (Furman University)
Year: 2016

/ This paper explores the effect of media framing on national media reports toward the 2014 Russian annexation of the Crimea, a region that previously belonged to the Ukraine. 23 Russian news articles and 23 American news articles were coded to develop measures that captured different framing techniques between the two country samples. Each article was coded for two types of issue-specific frames: 1) the extent to which an article discussed the role of history in explaining why Russia annexed th