Which of the Following Would Be an Example of Framing,in

question 5

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be an example of framing,in the context of the political media?

• A) Dr. Richard Kimble is accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on the run to prove his innocence.
• B) A news telecast focuses a story on a member of Congress who is running for office for a 10th term, putting primary focus on the member's advanced age as a way to characterize the member as out of touch.
• C) A news director decides to present a story on that evening's telecast about a squirrel on a mini Jet-Ski rather than about conflict in the Middle East.
• D) A sports reporter in Boston ends his telecast by yelling "Go Sox!"
• E) A reporter takes a story about a war-torn country and focuses attention on the plight of refugees in the country rather than the parties at war.

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Definitions:

Evidence

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Generalization

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Positive Instance

An item that belongs to a given class and possesses the trait attributed to the class by a given generalization.

Negative Instance

An item that belongs to a given class and does not possess the trait attributed to the class by a given generalization.