CMN 3104 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Radical Lesbians, The Frames, Reproductive Rights
24 Feb 2016
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To frame something means to make sense of it. According to gamson: facts have no intrinsic meaning. They take on their meaning by being embedded in a frame or story line that organizes them and gives them coherence, selecting certain ones to emphasize while ignoring others. News stories include factual elements, but as gitlin"s analysis revealed: the media were far from mirrors passively reflecting facts found in the real world. The facts reported were out there in the real world, but out there among others. The process of selecting the words to describe an event is value-laden: no author or speaker is free of the necessity to choose words, syntax, and order of presentation. It does make a difference if friction" and not dispute" is chosen. Such differences are imp because research has shown that people"s attitudes and judgments can be affected by the media"s framing of issues, especially when people lack firsthand knowledge of an issue.
