Media Policing Examples

Media framing is when the media assigns their own meanings to events by focusing on small parts of the event that correlate with the beliefs they want to portray. A prime example of media framing is the events of the Foxconn suicides detailed within “Worker-Intellectual Unity: Trans border Sociological Intervention in Foxconn”. As one can determine from the study, the Chinese government did very little to relieve or bring attention to the events occurring at Foxconn, a company that produces Apple products. It was till United States intervened did any action go towards aiding the remaining Foxconn suicides. As one can expect, the Chinese and United States media coverage of these events differed greatly. Americans were greatly angered by the events of Foxconn because it involved Apple, a popular phone brand the originated in the United States. Thus, great activism ensued in the United States. The difference in media coverage is largely due to the use of media framing to censor the Chinese media. For example, sociologist is very rare in China because the government
Our own country, a democratic nation, uses media framing to influence global politics and public opinion. This can be seen in Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s differing economic and employment plans during last year’s election. Clinton took a more social initiative, similar to that of President Roosevelt during the Great Depression; such as, creating programs that increase research and innovation to develop new industries. On the other hand, Donald Trump took on an administrative position, and emphasized putting business men, those that know how to create jobs, in place of officials. Depending on the position they wanted to portray, the media would cover the negative aspects of either Clinton or Trump’s initiatives. In the end, the public supported differing candidates because of the way in which the media would portray the differing