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Framing FAQs

Do We Need Different Messages for Influencing Policy Makers?

by Shannon Arvizu May 30, 2012 Framing FAQs

Influencing policy makers is essential for social change. Do we need different messages for policy makers? Do policy makers have different cultural models? Recently, in response to a presentation of the first stage of our descriptive research on Environmental Health, this question was sent from experts in the field to our research associates, Nat Kendall-Taylor [...]

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FAQs on Environmental Health: Do Ethnic Minorities Share the Same Cultural Models?

by Shannon Arvizu May 2, 2012 Framing FAQs

Recently, in response to a presentation of the first stage of our descriptive research on Environmental Health, three questions were sent from experts in the field to our research associates, Nat Kendall-Taylor and Eric Lindland. All three are critically important questions that we have encountered in other areas of research, and our responses pertain both [...]

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FAQs on Framing Environmental Health: Indigenous Perspectives

by Shannon Arvizu April 24, 2012 Framing FAQs

Recently, in response to a presentation of the first stage of our descriptive research on Environmental Health, three questions were sent from experts in the field to our research associates, Nat Kendall-Taylor and Eric Lindland. All three are critically important questions that we have encountered in other areas of research, and our responses pertain both [...]

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Framing Tools: How To Translate the Science of Child Mental Health?

by Shannon Arvizu April 16, 2012 Framing FAQs

In 2008, FrameWorks began a multi-year study of American thinking about child and family mental health.  Building on a decade of research on public perceptions of children’s issues, this research was designed to compare expert understanding with public patterns of thinking and to use framing research to close the conceptual gap. We have a full [...]

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Why is Storytelling Important? Vonnegut Tells Us Why

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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Framing FAQs: Why Shouldn’t I Tell Personal Stories?

by Shannon Arvizu May 25, 2011 Framing FAQs

Question: “Why shouldn’t I tell personal stories?  The media wants them, legislators love them, and I think they can really touch people’s hearts.” Answer: This is a question we are often asked by organizations that are new to framing. Public relations experts commonly advise advocates to communicate their messages through vivid personal stories. These stories are often [...]

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