POLI 1P98 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Toronto Star, The Globe And Mail, Media Play
14 Apr 2016
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Defining a policy issue on terms favourable to one"s preferred policy outcome. Usually isn"t about directly lying, but it"s choosing to emphasize some facts over other. Making assumptions - don"t really communicate those assumptions, just pass them along. If you can successfully frame an issue, you can establish the policy problem that needs to be addressed. Issue framing establishes some of the assumptions. It can direct the policy debate towards some policy solutions and away from others. Also about power, but a different type of power. Yesterdays lecture was manifest power" - power that is fairly obvious, you can see it. Issue framing deals with latent power" - power that is below the surface, almost manipulation. Example: the attacks on parliament in 2014 - a gunman murdered someone at a war memorial. The political spin machines" framed the incident in two ways.
