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Analysis Of The U. S And North Korea Conflict

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Throughout the research, the main idea focused specifically on the news coverage regarding the U.S and North Korea conflict, along with President Trump and Kim Jong Un. With that being said, the research question included how the news would cover the two leaders’ communication during this time of indifferences and how this would affect the overall situation. By concentrating on the research question throughout the research, the data collected was constantly on track and organized. While collecting the data over the fifteen days, all the information was stored in a Microsoft Excel chart. Originally, the data and information was going to be stored within a chart on a Microsoft Word document, but after several attempts to keep the information …show more content…

The observation questions included: Were there and visuals, was any bias indicated, did the article mention any of Trump’s tweets, was name calling between the two leaders mentioned, and was any dialogue or comments included? Out of the 56 news stories, only three did not include any form of visuals. Throughout the research, the more visuals provided helped with the observations and helped provide an emotion for the article. When videos were included, a better understanding of the article was made resulting in beneficial observations. In addition, it appeared more outlets focused on Trump’s name calling and childish comments, rather than Kim Jong Un. Since majority of the articles explained Trump’s tweets, the only dialogue mentioned tended to be from the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson or Prime Minister Ri. This aspect of the observations appeared to be the least helpful when analyzing the data. After analyzing all the data, it can be assumed that several news outlets disagree with President Trump’s behavior. This can be proved by the research due to the fact majority of the articles found, focused more on Trump’s negative comments about Kim Jong Un and his social media, rather than the conflict as a whole. Even the articles that focused mainly on the conflict, still included some information regarding Trump’s role. When comparing the news article, “Experts: N. Korea Lacks Ability, Intent to Attack U.S. Warplanes”, from The

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