A Content Analysis of Media Portrayals of Free Community College During the Obama Administration

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Abstract

This study explores the framing of President Obama’s free community college proposal, America’s College Promise, through content analysis of newspaper coverage of the proposal. Based off a two-step coding process, findings indicate that authors framed their arguments through the use of political systems, school systems, and student experience.

Author

• Ben Rubin, Vanderbilt University
  Presenting Author