On March 6th (Monday) 2.15 - 4.00 p.m (14.15-16.00) Vibeke Sperling, senior foreign affairs journalist in Politiken (Copenhagen) and former guest profesor at IKM, will give a guest lecture on "Media and democracy in the former Soviet states, especially the development in Russia, Belo-Russia and Ukrania". She will also comment on the coming elections in Belo-Russia and Ukraina. The lecture is part of the course "Trends in international journalism", but all interested in the topic are welcome.
1) Discuss the distinction between 'issue-spesific frames' and 'generic frames' (de Vreese, chapter 2). Try to find examples of such types of framing in news texts in Norwegian media.
2) de Vreese concludes (p. 165) that the 'European' news story essentially is a domestic story. Discuss the factors influencing a 'national framing' of news.