Framing policy debates: Issue dualism, journalistic frames, and opinions on controversial policy issues

Communication Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 695-718

  Lee, Nam Jin ^a   McLeod, Douglas M ^a   Shah, Dhavan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Framing effects; Immigration policy; Issue dualism; Policy reasoning; Stem cell issue; Strategy frames; Value frames

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849108484     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650208321792     Document Type: Article

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