Media Politics

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trail. This leads to another controversy because the amount of money that is spent on these campaigns is now what seems to make the difference in who wins and looses a campaign. Essentially what I have gained in reading Mr. Inyengar’s interviews is that there is no longer an unbiased, clear, and fair media option for Americans.
The most interesting interview that I found was Mr. Inyengar’s discussion with Jane Feinberg. He mainly discusses how the media frames certain stories to have an influence on how the public views them. Specifically, one of the framing types that he refers to is called “Thematic Framing” and it gives the audience a wide scope of the situation and focuses more on the “big picture”. I completely agree with Alex in that “to truly inform citizens, thematic framing is needed” because it gives more of an unbiased and informational take on the story. On the other hand episodic framing is more personal and much more biased towards one side.
In the end it ...

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