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Collins, Murkowski, and the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Cable News Coverage and Self-Representation of Female Republican Senators

Hill, Mackenzie
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617893173768312

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2020, Bachelor of Arts, Wittenberg University, Communication.
Women in the political sector struggle to find their place. Though the number of female representatives has increased in recent years, it has been a slow climb often complicated by the socially prescribed importance of their image to the public eye as represented through media. In the impeachment of President Donald Trump, two female senators, Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, were prominently featured on news coverage outlets. As it is not historically common for female politicians to be at the center of major debates, this case allowed for valuable analysis of how the media portrays women in politics. Through this work, three questions are explored: 1) How did cable news media frame Senators Susan Collins’ and Lisa Murkowski’s roles in the impeachment process of President Donald Trump? 2) How did Senators Collins and Murkowski frame themselves in their self-representations through the impeachment process? 3) How have Collins and Murkowski engaged in self-representation for their overall identities as senators?
Sheryl Cunningham (Advisor)
Kelly Dillon (Committee Member)
Edward Hasecke (Committee Member)
58 p.
Communication; Gender Studies; Mass Communications; Mass Media; Political Science; Womens Studies
Collins, Susan; Murkowski, Lisa; impeachment of Donald Trump; Republican women; female senators; women in politics; women in Congress; US Senate; self-representation; news media; female politicians; media coverage; media framing; CNN; Fox News

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  • Hill, M. (2020). Collins, Murkowski, and the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Cable News Coverage and Self-Representation of Female Republican Senators [Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617893173768312

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hill, Mackenzie. Collins, Murkowski, and the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Cable News Coverage and Self-Representation of Female Republican Senators. 2020. Wittenberg University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617893173768312.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hill, Mackenzie. "Collins, Murkowski, and the Impeachment of Donald Trump: Cable News Coverage and Self-Representation of Female Republican Senators." Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617893173768312

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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