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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Language is not innocent


Check out these two examples of how language (in fact, the people who misuse it) influences the way we look at 'objective' news.


RACISM IN THE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE KATRINA

NEW YORK TIMES SHIFTS ITS FRAMING OF THE ARRESTS AT OCCUPY WALL STREET


Note: I've taken both articles from:


The Society Pages is an online, multidisciplinary social science project headquartered in theDepartment of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

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