FrameWorks Institute

Changing the conversation on social issues

Using framing to unlock change

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Library

Welcome to FrameWorks’ library. Here you can find all of our research and recommendations—from reports to toolkits—on every issue we’ve investigated.

Framing 101

Discover how the science of framing can help us to be heard and understood. When we change the story and how we tell it, we can change the world.

Issues

Since 1999, FrameWorks has studied how people think and talk about numerous social issues – and how communications can spark change. We live up to our mission by sharing our research freely.

Culture Change Project Resource Hub

Is American culture changing? Are mindsets shifting in the wake of so much social upheaval? How can cultural shifts inform how progressives communicate about key issues?

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Featured Resources

From 10 to 25

What happens from ages 10 to 25? Find out as you take on the role of a young person, explore new parts of life, encounter challenges, and get the support you need.

Reframing Aging Through Images

Just like words, images play an important role in the implicit messages we send about older people.

Reframing History

We need a more productive public conversation about history.

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Recent Reports

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Bridges from prison: a communications toolkit for making the case for jobs and relationships

This toolkit builds on the communications principles set out in Bridges from Prison: making the case for jobs and relationships. You’ll find practical tips and tools for anyone communicating...

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Bridges from prison: making the case for jobs and relationships

This report, supported by Porticus, explores how the public tend to think about people in and leaving prison, and how to build understanding and support for employment opportunities and supportive...

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Bridges from prison: Research methods supplement

This supplement provides detailed information on the research informing FrameWorks’ strategic brief on addressing the obstacles in public thinking and leveraging the openings about criminal...

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Communicating about vaccination in the UK

This strategic brief represents the culmination of a research project, commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conducted by the FrameWorks Institute, to explore how people understand vaccines in...

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