The Neglect of Power in Recent Framing Research

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ID22693158
AuthorsK M Carragee (Suffolk University, corresponding author)
Year2004
Volume54
Issue2
Pages214-233
Publication date2004-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9916 • E-ISSN: 1460-2466
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/joc/54.2.214
OpenAlexW4252601892
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This article provides a critique of recent developments in research examining media frames and their influence. We contend that a number of trends in framing research have neglected the relationship between media frames and broader issues of political and social power. This neglect is a product of a number of factors, including conceptual problems in the definition of frames, the inattention to frames sponsorship, the failure to examine framing contests within wider political and social contexts, and the reduction of framing to a form of media effects. We conclude that framing research needs to be linked to the political and social questions regarding power central to the media hegemony thesis, and illustrate this focus by exploring how framing research can contribute to an understanding of the interaction between social movements and the news media.

Framing (construction) · Framing effect · Neglect · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology

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