Keywords

American newspapers, BP Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill, 2010 -- Press coverage, British newspapers, Communication, International, Crisis management, Oil spills -- Press coverage -- Great Britain, Oil spills -- Press coverage -- United States

Abstract

The following research is a content analysis of 114 articles written by the American and British news media outlets in the first month following the BP Gulf oil spill in April 2010. The goal of the research was to identify any dominant frames evident in the reports and to compare the two countries to see if there was a difference in the dominant frames used. Positive, negative, and neutral tones were also evaluated to determine if there was a difference between the countries. The results show that both countries reports predominantly used an ecology and action frame, while British media outlets also used an economic frame. Both countries reported with primarily a negative and neutral tone. The implications of these findings for crisis communication managers are discussed.

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Graduation Date

2011

Semester

Spring

Degree

Master of Arts (M.A.)

College

College of Sciences

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0003890

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0003890

Language

English

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Dissertations, Academic -- Sciences, Sciences -- Dissertations, Academic

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