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Power to the frame

Bringing sociology back to frame analysis

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ID5848801
AuthorsR Vliegenthart (0000-0003-2401-2914, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands,), Liesbet Van Zoonen (0000-0002-6892-1645, Loughborough University)
Year2011
Volume26
Issue2
Pages101-115
Publication date2011-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Communication (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0267-3231 • E-ISSN: 1460-3705
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0267323111404838
OpenAlexW2139002116
LanguageEN
Citations received182
References cited77

This article critically reviews current frame and framing research in media and communication studies. It is first argued that most authors fail to distinguish between 'frame' and 'framing' and therewith produce a conceptual confusion and imprecision that is not conducive to the field. Second, it is argued that current frame and framing research ignore sociological research about news production and news audiences that reached its zenith in the 1980s and is still conceptually and methodologically relevant to much current frame and framing research. As a result, a notion of power is absent from most current frame and framing research. By discussing - on the basis of key literature - what a news 'frame' is, how it comes about and how it is of consequence successively, these claims are substantiated and research directions for improving the field are indicated

Confusion · Content analysis · Epistemology · Frame analysis · Framing (construction · Media studies · Social science · Sociology · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics · History · Philosophy

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