Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Review Method: Peer Reviewed
Abstract: India's rapid technological growth has given the nation the opportunity to combine its population explosion with impressive gains in economic investment and output. Furthermore, India is now a significant player in global politics, entering the nuclear arm race and continuing to counterbalance relations with neighbor nation Pakistan. How does India fare in coverage by the London Times and New York Times versus the coverage in the national Times of India? Is India taking over the region's political reins? Can India become the next superpower? This study will attempt to answer those questions through a content analysis of the press through Framing Analysis Theory. Media scholars have also explored the question of which factors come into play in influencing frames. News is a socially constructed product, not a reflection of an objective reality. News is not created out of a vacuum, but is influenced by a host of factors. The factors I will be analyzing in the content of news stories about India are of intrinsic or event-related value such as prominence, conflict, human interest, timelessness, proximity and deviance.