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Dialogic Framing

The Framing/Counterframing of 'Partial-Birth' Abortion

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ID2274679
AuthorsAnne Esacove (0000-0003-4279-2969, University of Michigan, corresponding author), Anne W Esacove
Year2004
Volume74
Issue1
Pages70-101
Publication date2004-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociological Inquiry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0245 • E-ISSN: 1475-682X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1475-682x.2004.00080.x
OpenAlexW2032869531
LanguageEN
Citations received50
References cited15

Using the framing process of 'partial-birth' abortion (PBA) as an exemplifying case, this paper proposes a dialogic model of framing in which meaning is created and recreated through an iterative, discursive process. Materials developed by six social movement organizations that lead the PBA framing process were analyzed to chronicle the evolution of the PBA frame, as well as factors that influenced this evolution. Movement and countermovement actors attempted to imbue PBA with meaning in such a manner as to motivate and direct action to support their overarching political goals. Rather than two distinct parallel frames battling against each other, this process is better conceptualized as the evolution of a single frame, created in interaction with the framing of one's opponents. A dialectic model of framing provides a framework for examining the process by which cultural meanings are contested and how these meanings are transformed through collective action. Such a model also potentially expands the definition of successful frame and better illuminates the symbiotic relationship between movements and countermovements actors

Countermovement · Dialectic · Dialogic · Epistemology · Framing (construction) · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions

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Unique citing works50
Citations per year0,93
Citation span1972 - 2026 (55)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 43

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