Coursework
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What Story Gets Told?
The Role of Framing in Immigration Coverage News framing plays a crucial role in shaping public understanding of complex political issues, particularly immigration policy. As one of the many polarizing topics in the U.S., immigration often becomes a focus point for the media, which can frame events in ways that emphasize legality, economics, security, or human impact. This paper examines how Fox News designs its coverage of immigration through specific framing strategies, often aligning with political narratives supportive of the Trump administration. Drawing on a series of articles published during and after Trump’s transition into office, the analysis explores how Fox News consistently prioritizes legal, economic, and security frames while…
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Hands Off
The Associated Press (AP) article Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her, written by Offenhartz, McCormack, and Casey (2025), reports on the detention of Turkish doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk by masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in Somerville, Massachusetts. The piece provides minimal explanation from authorities and features direct quotations and paraphrasing from sources such as Ozturk’s lawyer, Mahsa Khanbabai. With visuals of the arrest and protests, the article appears to engage in frame sending, where facts are presented without explicit explanation. However, through word choices like “masked ICE officials” and the emotional tone of images, the article also reflects elements of human interest,…
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The Power and Perils of Framing
The Origins of Framing When it comes to exploring a new topic, it is important to take a step back. The concept of framing is interdisciplinary, and its origins are traced back to both psychology and sociology (Cacciatore et al., 2016). Researchers Daniel Kahneman, Erving Goffman, and Amos Tversky were some of the first pioneers for framing in those specific disciplines. Then, in the early 1990’s, Robert Entman published Framing: Toward Clarification of a Fractured Paradigm. He begins by discussing how the study of communication is often seen as not being a “real” discipline. This is due to its lack of clear core knowledge, but this is just a perceived…
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Not Your Mother’s Scientific Method: Personal Journey into Strategy
My journey into strategy has impacted my life in many ways. I don’t look at it just as a new tool in my arsenal, but an influence on how I communicate every day. It has changed the way I work, study, and connect with everyone in my life. My first definition of strategic communication was extremely textbook, I was signing up to study the best ways to approach organizational goals to benefit everyone involved. However, as I started to work within strategy and media planning at large NYC agencies while studying the subject, I realized how impactful this area is. One of its most appealing aspects to me is its…
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Seize The Awkward: Structure and Effects of PSAs on the Audience
Creative Commons CC0 - Available Under Public Domain
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Muckrakers Anonymous Presents: Ethical Data Privacy Mini-Series
Welcome to Muckrakers Anonymous, the podcast where the strategically inclined gather to rake up the digital muck of our modern world. Hosted by Jaiden Molyneux, this mini-series dives deep into the ethical implications of data tracking, AI governance, and the evolving role of artificial intelligence in advertising and media. With attention to current research, industry insights, and personal experience in media strategy, Jaiden unpacks the hidden tech shaping our digital lives. Whether you’re a tech-savvy strategist or a curious consumer, this podcast empowers you to think critically, act ethically, and stay informed in an increasingly automated world. Episode 1: Current Feelings Around Data Episode 2: AI Governance Episode 3: AI…
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What Once Was, To What Now Is
Generational hands, new tools, same message. It was important to me to weave in some ongoing symbolism, and here is where it starts. First there is a map, a well-known human tool, now digitized for us to do the same thing we did when it was paper. What was once old-school was now modernized for the average employee looking for restrooms. I used multiple corporate agency shots that symbolize a collaboration of what I called, “technological” and “artisanal”. We see shelves of literature and framed art with technology nested throughout. While a high-tech water dispenser overshadows a sink that fulfills the same need. a collection of “framed” art technological vs.…
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Unpacking Creative Commons
It’s important to take licensing into consideration when interacting with creative works online. Luckily, there’s Creative Commons—a nonprofit organization that offers free licenses to creators, allowing them to specify how others can use their work. These licenses range from CC0, which allows unrestricted public use, to more restrictive options that require attribution or prohibit commercial use. For example, this image below of a Japanese garden: This type of license isn’t public domain and if I want to share this image I must credit the creator. On top of that, if I were to make any adjustments to the photo I must make that apparent, which in this case I did not.…
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Did You Know The Internet Has Huge Feet?
Building a website is about more than coding and creating content… it’s about ENERGY. The Importance of a Carbon Footprint By: Jaiden Molyneux (Based on Kettle, 2021) Each page you click is connected to servers, cooling systems, and network infrastructure, all powered by electricity. Jeff Kettle reminds us that these invisible “clouds” are huge energy machines. His site loads at around 1.3 g CO2 per visit, while sites with a ton of images can use 54 g CO2 per visit. With billions of daily visits, those grams start to add up! A Message To Remember: simplistic pages not only load faster they help the planet! No One’s As Needy As Big Data…
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WordPress: Creativity Killer or Terrific Tool?
By: Jaiden Molyneux Whether this is your first blog post or you’re the Walt Disney company, WordPress can be a vital tool in building a brand. Jordi Cabot’s WordPress: A Content Management System to Democratize Publishing and Elisabetta Adami’s Styling the Self Online: Semiotic Technologization in Weblog Publishing, are articles that provide multiple POV’s on the infamous tool. Article #1: WordPress as a Digital Equalizer (Cabot,2018) Cabot (2018) describes WordPress as an innovative content management system (CMS) that’s made web publishing accessible for everyone, from bloggers to big businesses. He outlines its evolution from a basic blogging tool into one that powers 29% of the web at the time of…
