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Child and Adolescent Development

FrameWorks has the world’s largest body of framing research on children and adolescents. It is used around the world to create change.

This research provides an overarching framing strategy to effectively communicate about a wide range of issues that affect children and young people.

Certain assumptions about children, youth, and families come up again and again.

To communicate effectively, advocates need to be able to navigate these dominant beliefs.

The tested frames come from research on six continents and have pushed policy in progressive directions at local, state, national, and international levels. Join this global narrative shift effort by exploring these resources.

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Representations of Early Childhood and Urban Violence in Brazilian Media (Portuguese)

This report examines the messages embedded in the media’s presentation of issues related to early child development and urban violence in Brazilian newspapers.

Toolkit

Framing Child Development and Care in Australia

This toolkit is designed to help communicators in the field to translate the science of early childhood development and mental health in the Australian context, in order to increase support for...

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Representations of Early Childhood and Urban Violence in Brazilian Media (English)

This report examines the messages embedded in the media’s presentation of issues related to early child development and urban violence in Brazilian newspapers.

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Promoting Productive Conversations About Early Child Development and Care: An Introduction to Strategically Reframing Public Communications

This magazine-style article provides a basic introduction for communicators who are new to strategic framing and its primary concepts.

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Taking the First Step: Using Metaphor to Open Space for the Science of Child Development in the Field of International Development

A new metaphor - the "multiplier effect" - can help us better explain how early childhood development can advance the goals of international development and aid.

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Missing Matter: Holes in the Media Narrative about Informal and Formal STEM Learning

This report analyzes how media coverage frames STEM learning, informal STEM learning, and related issues.

Frame Testing Recommendations

Viewpoint: Q&A with FrameWorks CEO Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, PhD

What challenges do advocates face when communicating about substance abuse prevention, and how can they overcome these challenges?

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Narrative Holes in STEM Storytelling: A Field Frame Analysis

The field of STEM learning advocacy is growing - but are we telling the full story? This study of organizational communications finds what we're leaving out.

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Stuck in a Tale of Two Cities: Mapping the Gaps on Child Development and Well-Being in Jacksonville

This report maps the gaps between how experts talk and Jacksonville residents think about child development, well-being, and child rights.

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“If You’ve Got a Good Harness on Your Kids…”: Models of Child Well-Being and Learning Among Jacksonville Residents

This report explores the cultural models that Jacksonville residents use to think and talk about children’s issues.

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Plasticity’s Promise: Moving the Public Beyond the Container and Other Problematic Models

This report maps the gaps between how Americans think and experts talk about concepts of change over the life course, and brain change more specifically.

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Cognitive Media Analysis of Disparities in the Education System

The way the media covers educational equity and the "achievement gap" shapes public thinking. How can we reframe?