Summary Of Framing Public Life

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Stephen D. Reese, from the book Framing Public Life, states that framing is power that has effects on our understanding of the political world. He further explains that framing is useful in understanding the media’s role in political life. The framing tool is useful because a particular media outlet or news source, such as a radio host, perhaps doesn’t fully mean what they say and is just voicing it because they have an audience. Intent doesn’t matter as much as extent, according to Reese. If someone were to continue to explain what they mean by a particular frame it then becomes normal for not only them but the public. Although that same person isn’t thinking about the terms of those frames people still come to believe it, which can be cause

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