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Reframing the Ordinary with Metaphors

by Michael Erard April 22, 2013 Framer Reads the News

There are some ordinary things in life that you think don’t need a metaphor. But once you hear the metaphor, it helps you see the ordinary in a whole new way. I found two cases that recently floated across my social media radar that are not only presented well, but are also immediately evident in [...]

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When Campaigns Go Bad: New York City’s Teenage Pregnancy Campaign

by Shannon Arvizu March 7, 2013 Framer Reads the News

The following guest post is authored by Susan Nall Bales, FrameWorks President. If FrameWorks had a Frames of Shame Award, New York City’s new Teen Pregnancy Campaign would be a strong contender.  It represents a series of catastrophic but classic mistakes about social issues campaigning.  In that regard, it is instructive. First, about the campaign: [...]

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The Wedginess of Communicating Statistics

by Michael Erard February 14, 2013 Framer Reads the News

You may have noticed that scientists – as well as other professionals – frequently point to, write, talk, think about, and argue in terms of graphs, charts, and other visualizations of data. Sometimes, these visualizations are complex enough that they need to be explained, and in some cases, those explanations themselves give shape to the [...]

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Media Framing: When Journalists Keep It Real and What It Means for Advocates

by Shannon Arvizu January 10, 2013 Framer Reads the News

Is it a fallacy to think that the media could ever really be objective? This is a question posed by Jay Rosen from the PressThink blog. Rosen writes that the media’s endeavors to appear “fair and balanced” hide the framing decisions every journalist must make when presenting information. Instead of hiding under this objectivity pretense, [...]

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Social Math for Climate Change: Young People Have Never Experienced a Colder than Average Month

by Shannon Arvizu November 19, 2012 Framer Reads the News

With Hurricane Sandy slowing fading from the media’s limited attention span, it is time for advocates to “widen the lens” and tell a more persistent and compelling story about the effects of climate change. One way to do this is to use social math. Grist.org has a great social math example  based on the latest [...]

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Framing Digital Media and 21st Century Learning

by Michael Baran November 8, 2012 Framer Reads the News

Two new surveys released last week provide promising evidence that digital technology in classrooms is playing a positive role in children’s skill development. As children learn to navigate new technologies, they become more active in their learning, more self-sufficient as researchers, and more engaged in what they are doing. Subsequently, their higher order thinking skills [...]

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Framing and Football: The Tolerable Stress of RGH III

by Shannon Arvizu September 14, 2012 Framer Reads the News

(The following guest post is authored by FrameWorks President, Susan Nall Bales) Tolerable stress gets no respect.  It conveniently drops out of the public discourse when more powerful cultural models come into play. Recently, however, when Robert Griffin III was saving the Redskins’ reputation on the field, he also managed to teach us some valuable [...]

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Deliberative Democracy Events: Broad Consensus or One-Off Failures?

by Adam Simon August 23, 2012 Framer Reads the News

On the surface, attempts at “deliberative democracy” events look impressive. These are events that bring together large groups of everyday Americans to talk about the problems facing our country. Certainly a lot of work goes into making deliberative democracy events happen: creating briefing materials, recruiting the participants, handling all the logistics and, not trivially, footing [...]

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Guility or Empowered? New Greendex Study Reveals the Role of Culture in Consumer Behavior

by Shannon Arvizu August 1, 2012 Framer Reads the News

A new Greendex study reveals an apparent contradiction in international attitudes and behavior towards the environment. On the one hand, countries that rank high on green consumer behavior also “feel guilty” for not doing more. On the other hand, countries that rank low on green consumer behavior (the U.S. included) also “feel empowered” that they [...]

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There is More to A Smile Than Just Happiness – Finding Culture In Simple Gesture

by Erika Rydberg July 27, 2012 Framer Reads the News

When visiting my sister in South Korea, I spent time in the classroom with her students during her English class. At the end of my week at school, I found myself surrounded by small children excited for a picture with their guest. Small hands rose up each forming the letter “V” for these photo shoots. [...]

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