Exploiting Morals. The Relationship between Whistleblowers, the Government and News media in the US.

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dc.contributor.advisorRoza, M.H.
dc.contributor.advisorBak, J.T.J.
dc.contributor.authorGraaf, L. de
dc.date.issued2015-08-15
dc.description.abstractThis paper looks into the relationship between the United States government, its news media and federal whistleblowers. A case study of Edward Snowden, an intelligence whistleblower who leaked information about the NSA, is central to the question if and how the news framing of a whistleblower is affected by the relationship between the government and news media. In order to determine what the answer to this is, articles from the New York Times and the Washington Post have been analyzed and discussed in the broader context of theories regarding transparency, traditional functions of the news media and government control, amongst others. Most importantly, it is researched whether Snowden was portrayed in a specific news frame by the Times and the Post and whether Snowden himself applies a specific frame to how he presents himself and his cause to the public.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1943
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.thesis.facultyFaculteit der Letterenen_US
dc.thesis.specialisationTransnational America: Politics, Culture and Societyen_US
dc.thesis.studyprogrammeMaster North American Studiesen_US
dc.thesis.typeMasteren_US
dc.titleExploiting Morals. The Relationship between Whistleblowers, the Government and News media in the US.en_US
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