News Form(ed): A look at the visual framing surrounding Justin Trudeau in the Globe and Mail’s online news coverage

Abstract

The purpose of this research study is to collect and analyze the Globe and Mail’s online news articles on Canadian political figure Justin Trudeau in order to attempt to better understand how media framing is presented through the online images they choose to accompany the stories. Data collection methods will consist of in-depth, semi-structured content analysis. The research aims to contribute to the growing body of knowledge on the analysis of news frames, particularly the under researched area of visual analysis of news images, aiming to better understand how images work to support certain frames.