by Tia Remington-Bell
December 6, 2011
Framer Reads the News
How do we know when framing is successful for getting issues on the public agenda? One proxy for influence is to look at how well groups have been able to redirect media attention. In the case of the Occupy Movement, Prof. Tim Groeling (UCLA, Communications Studies), discusses the media success of recent Occupy events. From this [...]
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by Tia Remington-Bell
June 23, 2011
Framing FAQs
How does the public make sense of incoming information? Through stories. What kinds of stories help the public make sense of information on social issues? Thematic stories. People process new information best through narrative structure. Kurt Vonnegut, the famous American novelist of Slaughterhouse-five and Cat’s Cradle, knows this well. Watch this entertaining lecture as he lays [...]
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