Presentation Title
The United States and United Kingdom News Coverage on Syrian Refugees
Panel Name
The Press: Freedom, Bias, Ethics II
Location
Lecture Center 22
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:15 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 4:15 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Abstract
This paper will be researching on how the United States and United Kingdom cover the Syrian refugee issue. With our extensive research we will aim to uncover each country's biases and how different media companies cover this issue. Depicting how each news outlet displays fair, balanced coverage will be crucial to the contrasting views of both countries. Figuring out what is considered, “good coverage,” will be decided by thoroughly comparing and contrasting the way both countries report the news. Tracking how much coverage each country has on this topic will help us gain an understanding of the contrasting or similar views both countries have on the issue. To find out which news outlet includes more perspectives, we will be using newspapers and websites such as BBC, Daily Mail, Telegraph, and The Independent for the United Kingdom and CNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Opinions by both the United State’s President, Donald Trump, and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, elected in 2016, will be scrutinized throughout our research to see the effect they’ve had on the mindset of the country. Commentary of political views from civilians of both countries, as well, will be another area of coverage focused on. We will research not only the shear volume of the coverage from the two nations, but also the different tones and narratives of the coverage. While examining how the media’s coverage of this issue has helped shape policies in both countries. Our research will not only identify the accurate information but also point out the inaccurate; differentiating the fake news from the real. The way news is reported is an influential factor to the way people view news coverage in both the United States and United Kingdom.
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Course assignment/project
First Faculty Advisor
Changsup Park
First Advisor Email
cpark2@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
Journalism
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
The United States and United Kingdom News Coverage on Syrian Refugees
Lecture Center 22
This paper will be researching on how the United States and United Kingdom cover the Syrian refugee issue. With our extensive research we will aim to uncover each country's biases and how different media companies cover this issue. Depicting how each news outlet displays fair, balanced coverage will be crucial to the contrasting views of both countries. Figuring out what is considered, “good coverage,” will be decided by thoroughly comparing and contrasting the way both countries report the news. Tracking how much coverage each country has on this topic will help us gain an understanding of the contrasting or similar views both countries have on the issue. To find out which news outlet includes more perspectives, we will be using newspapers and websites such as BBC, Daily Mail, Telegraph, and The Independent for the United Kingdom and CNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. Opinions by both the United State’s President, Donald Trump, and United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, Theresa May, elected in 2016, will be scrutinized throughout our research to see the effect they’ve had on the mindset of the country. Commentary of political views from civilians of both countries, as well, will be another area of coverage focused on. We will research not only the shear volume of the coverage from the two nations, but also the different tones and narratives of the coverage. While examining how the media’s coverage of this issue has helped shape policies in both countries. Our research will not only identify the accurate information but also point out the inaccurate; differentiating the fake news from the real. The way news is reported is an influential factor to the way people view news coverage in both the United States and United Kingdom.