Week Five: Videos

5.1 Migrant Event in Del Rio, Texas

Below are 9 links (just click on the name of the source to get to the video) for quick 2-3 minutes videos from various news sources covering the influx of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border in Del Rio, Texas last month. Pick FOUR of the videos to watch. While watching, think about how the story is being "packaged" including the core idea/frame (what is this a case of?), condensing symbols, adjectives used, facts provided, claims covered (who's perspective & words are being incorporated), villains and heroes portrayed, the narrative structure (what is the chronology of events being presented, including previous events linked), solutions/conclusions, and the ultimate "moral of the story."

NOTE: These quick stories are not necessarily representative of the overall coverage from each of these sources. I chose videos based on similar length (1-4 minutes), different levels of news source (local, national, and international), and diversity of content (so that you could analyze different "packages").

ABC 13 Houston [1:31] (Sept. 18)

NBC News [2:21] (Sept. 19)

DW News [2:08] (Sept. 19)

Al Jazeera English [2:46] (Sept. 20)

Today (NBC) [2:13] (Sept. 21)

KHOU 11 [3:10] (Sept. 21)

MSNBC [3:23] (Sept. 25th)

NBC News [3:34] (Oct. 7)

Fox Business [2:31] (Oct. 12) (note: one of the only more recent clips I could find about the event)