Palin Launches Tea Party Tour

The article, "Palin launches Tea Party tour by telling Republicans to get on board" has several elements of the mass commmunicaton perspective in political communication. In this article former republican vice president candidate, Sarah Palin stresses that the Republican party needs to "man up" in the kick off of Tea Party Express' fourth national tour. In this article, the CNN journalist has used the concept of framing from chapter four to cover the issue by interpreting and organizing the issue for the media audience to view. For instance, on the CNN.com website, this story has the largest photo and is the top story of the day. The journalist has entitled the article, "Palin launched Tea Party tour by telling Republicans to get on board" by making this the title of the article and the first thing that CNN.com users see, it is implying to viewers, especially Democrats that the Republican Party is slacking and steering away from contributing to the Tea Party Express movement. This is promoting a particular problem or issue in the Republican Party by stating that even Sarah Palin who is a republican, governor, and past vice president candidate is threatening to "be through" with the Republican Party if they do not step up and join the Tea Party Express. This has framed the context of this issue for the media audience and will have an effect on their opinions of it and of the Republican Party's lack of involvement.

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