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President Trump and the News Media
Moral Foundations, Framing, and the Nature of Press Bias in America
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2020
Summary
In President Trump and the News Media: Moral Foundations, Framing, and the Nature of Press Bias in America, political communication researcher Jim A. Kuypers takes readers on a rhetorical framing tour de force, this time incorporating elements of Moral Foundations Theory to investigate the ideological underpinnings of press reports. Using a rhetorical version of framing analysis, Kuypers analyzes four major speeches by President Trump and compares them with the reporting on those speeches by the mainstream news media. The moral foundations of both Trump and the news media are examined to assess their respective moral/ideological underpinnings. The results turn framing theory on its head by demonstrating how frames do not give rise to moral assessments as previously thought, but rather the presence of moral foundations provide moral substance to frames as they are developed and found throughout news coverage. The results reveal how journalists inject bias consciously and unconsciously into hard news stories, and that their moral foundations act to privilege liberal concerns and denigrate conservative concerns. Kuypers conveys how news media framing acted to treat President Trump not as a source of news, but as a political opponent while at the same time helping the political opposition of the President. By evaluating journalistic practices through the lens of their own published ethical standards, Kuypers argues that contemporary journalistic practices are damaging the American Republic and makes the case for immediate incorporation of viewpoint diversity within news organizations. Scholars of communications, journalism, and political science will find this book particularly interesting.
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Edition
1/2020
Copyright Year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-2604-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-2605-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
210
Product Type
Monograph
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Dedication No access
Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1 Examining Moral Foundations and Framing in News Media Coverage of President Trump No access Pages 1 - 4
Chapter 2 News Media Biases and the Framing of Issues and Events No access Pages 5 - 24
Chapter 3 Moral Foundations and Journalistic Bias No access Pages 25 - 38
Chapter 4 National Security No access Pages 39 - 68
Chapter 5 The Economy No access Pages 69 - 90
Chapter 6 The 2019 State of the Union No access Pages 91 - 126
Chapter 7 Immigration Reform No access Pages 127 - 148
Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts on Framing, Moral Foundations, the Press, and the American Republic No access Pages 149 - 196
