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Item Open Access Coverage of Burma in Six Elite Newspapers(2011-12-09) Fairchild, CarolineThis project compares the United States, United Kingdom and Thailand’s print media coverage of Burma. Examining six newspapers’ coverage of Burma in 2008 and 2010, the project studies how newspapers frame Burma differently in international coverage. For each newspaper, news coverage of Burma is driven by politics, with an emphasis on the political role of Aung San Suu Kyi. Aside from instances when a specific event demands international engagement with Burma, news organizations rely on policy elites to reduce the cost of reporting news about Burma.Item Open Access Policy Proposals and Pinky Promises: Framing Print Media Coverage of Female Presidential Candidates(2021-12) Towfighi, MichaelaOn the stage of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Hillary Clinton made history on July 26, 2016. For the first time, a major political party nominated a female candidate for President. “If there are any little girls out there who stayed up late to watch,” she told the crowd, “let me just say, I may become the first woman president, but one of you is next.” Yet, her promise fell short, and the glass ceiling she intended to crack, still remained intact. Following her historic feat, six Democratic women entered the 2020 primary in hopes to be the first female President – again, to no success. Although the press is thought to serve as the fourth pillar of democracy in the United States – informing citizens, encouraging political participation and facilitating discourse – does coverage of these historic campaigns contribute to female candidates’ sequential losses? Can coverage from news organizations serve as one explanation as to why the United States has yet to see a female leader at the helm? This paper examines how local and national news organizations frame media coverage of female Presidential campaigns in the 2016 election and 2020 Democratic primary. Coverage favored discussing a candidate’s qualifications and policy plans, as opposed to gendered tropes or comments on emotion and appearance.