Beschrijving

News framing helps to determine what role news media play in people’s lives on a daily basis, and how they are able to change how we think and act. News Framing Effects offers an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to research on news framing effects, one of the most widely used theories within the research of communication and journalism studies today.

News Framing Effects is a guide to framing effects theory, one of the most prominent theories in media and communication science. Rooted in both psychology and sociology, framing effects theory describes the ability of news media to influence people’s attitudes and behaviors by subtle changes to how they report on an issue. The book gives expert commentary on this complex theoretical notion alongside practical instruction on how to apply it to research.

The book’s structure mirrors the steps a scholar might take to design a framing study. The first chapter establishes a working definition of news framing effects theory. The following chapters focus on how to identify the independent variable (i.e., the \