University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Theses from the College of Journalism and Mass Journalism and Mass Communications, College of Communications 8-2014 Tough Talk, Tear Gas, Tragedy: The iF ght to Frame One Day's Events in Ecuador Ralph Kurtenbach University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/journalismdiss Part of the Journalism Studies Commons, Mass Communication Commons, and the Social Influence and Political Communication Commons Kurtenbach, Ralph, "Tough Talk, Tear Gas, Tragedy: The iF ght to Frame One Day's Events in Ecuador" (2014). Theses from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications. 41. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/journalismdiss/41 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journalism and Mass Communications, College of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses from the College of Journalism and Mass Communications by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. TOUGH TALK, TEAR GAS, TRAGEDY: THE FIGHT TO FRAME ONE DAY’S EVENTS IN ECUADOR By Ralph Kurtenbach A THESIS Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of Requirements For the Degree of Master of Arts Major: Journalism and Mass Communications Under the supervision of Professor John Bender Lincoln, Nebraska August, 2014 TOUGH TALK, TEAR GAS, TRAGEDY: THE FIGHT TO FRAME ONE DAY’S EVENTS IN ECUADOR | Ralph Kurtenbach, M. A. University of Nebraska, 2014 Adviser: John Bender The term “30-S” (30 September) has become somewhat of a shorthand symbol or Twitter hash tag that abbreviates a momentous day in Ecuador’s history.