Election News Stories in 2008 and 2016: A Comparative and Implicational Analysis of Story Frames, Issues Covered, and Candidate Portrayal Across Channels from Six Upper Midwest Television Stations

• In Event: Media and Politics 1

Brief Overview

Based on roughly 1,000 annotated news transcripts, this project highlights trends discovered within the 2008 and 2016 election seasons and differences between them. This research analyzes channels’ candidate portrayals, framing, and issue coverage.

Authors

• Beck Jameson Woollen, Carleton College

• Bjorn Tofteland Holtey, Carleton College