Imagine that you are a researcher interested in how the mainstream news media presents the problem of drug dealing. Go to CNN.com and enter 'drug dealing' into the search box in the upper right...

Imagine that you are a researcher interested in how the mainstream news media presents the problem of drug dealing. Go to CNN.com and enter 'drug dealing' into the search box in the upper right corner. Look through the first ten results that are produced by your search. As you read through these ten results, record the following information:

a. In which section of the website (e.g., CNN blog, CNN World, CNN Opinion) is the news piece featured? b. What year was the news piece published? c. What kind of code would you use to categorize each news piece? d. Looking through your coding list and the prominence of particular codes, what might you conclude about CNN's coverage of drug dealing over the time period in which the news pieces were published?