Creating Captain America: a Frame Analysis of the Pat Tillman Epic
Description:
Pat Tillman—an Arizona Cardinals player who sacrificed everything to serve his country but died in Afghanistan—was initially touted as a true American hero who was killed by enemy fire. In reality, however, the Tillman narrative was based on nothing but military propaganda. This research focused on how mainstream U.S. newspapers used news frames, overall story tone, and news sources before and after the official acknowledgement of the true cause of Tillman's death as fratricide. As hypothesized…
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Date:
May 2013
Creator:
DeWalt, Christina A. Childs
Partner:
UNT Libraries