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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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