▪ Abstract We review the meaning of the concept of framing, approaches to studying framing,
and the effects of framing on public opinion. After defining framing and framing effects, we …

Since the birth of the nation, concepts about the political duties of citizens have changed
drastically to keep pace with growth and development. The information needs have changed …

While legitimacy dynamics are paramount in global governance, they have been
insufficiently recognized, conceptualized, and explained in standard accounts of …

Competition is a defining element of democracy. One of the most noteworthy events over the
last quarter-century in US politics is the change in the nature of elite party competition: The …

Social scientists have documented framing effects in a wide range of contexts, including
surveys, experiments, and actual political campaigns. Many view work on framing effects as …

The third edition of The Dynamics of Political Communication continues its comprehensive
coverage of communication and politics, focusing on problematic issues that bear on the …

Public opinion often depends on how elites choose to frame issues. For example, citizens'
opinions about a Ku Klux Klan rally may depend on whether elites frame the event as a free …

What is the effect of democratic competition on the power of elites to frame public opinion?
We address this issue first by defining the range of competitive contexts that might surround …

This experiment revealed that emotional news frames (anger-inducing vs. sadness-
inducing) affect people's emotional response to a corporate crisis such as a cell phone …

Previous research shows that, when it comes to foreign policy, individuals have general
orientations that inform their beliefs toward more specific issues in international relations …