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The Psychology of News Influence and the Development of Media Framing Analysis
Article first published online: 4 JUN 2009
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00180.x
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Giles, D. and Shaw, R. L. (2009), The Psychology of News Influence and the Development of Media Framing Analysis. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 3: 375–393. doi: 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00180.x
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- Issue published online: 6 JUL 2009
- Article first published online: 4 JUN 2009
- Social and Personality Psychology Compass 3/4 (2009): 375–393, 10.1111/j.1751-9004.2009.00180.x
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Abstract
How precisely do media influence their readers, listeners and viewers? In this paper, we argue that any serious study of the psychology of media influence must incorporate a systematic analysis of media material. However, psychology presently lacks a methodology for doing this that is sensitive to context, relying on generalised methods like content or discourse analysis. In this paper, we develop an argument to support our development of a technique that we have called Media Framing Analysis (MFA), a formal procedure for conducting analyses of (primarily news) media texts. MFA draws on elements of existing framing research from communication and other social scientific research while at the same time incorporating features of particular relevance to psychology, such as narrative and characterisation.