Framing of Issues

Taxes Are Going Up: Breaking the Code

Ruth Sherman | Posted 09.06.2011

Read More: Public-Speaking, Political Speech, Framing, Political Communication, Framing of Issues, Democrats, Repubicans, 2012, Politics News
Ruth Sherman

How do I know? Because politicians use coded language and in the past week or so a new phrase has appeared in the political discourse: And that phrase...

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The Universal Rules of Framing

Gerald Sindell | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fine Art, Framing of Issues, Reframing, Framing, Ideas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Healthy Living News
Gerald Sindell

Brilliant framing can be so effective in launching ideas that often the framing and the idea become intertwined forever.

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Democrats: Don't Move to the Center; Define It

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Using the Democratic Victory, Moral Leadership, Framing of Issues, Controlling the Message, Barack Obama, Obama First 100 Days, Obama 100 Days, Obama Administration, Politics News
Stephen Ducat

If the Obama administration defines progressive Democratic policies in their own terms, and puts their moral arguments up front, they can claim linguistic custody of the center.

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The Follow-Up Question Charlie Gibson Failed To Ask

Michele Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abortion, Wome's Health, Catholic Women, Charlie Gibson Palin Interview, Right-Wing Hidden Agenda, Janus Report on Sexuality, Sarah Palin, Abortion as Code, Contraception, Framing of Issues, Demographic Concerns, Catholic Church & Abortion, Home News
Michele Swenson

The effort to erase the history of women's health-care effectively renders women invisible. Plea to the media: could we inject some reality into our political dialogue?

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