From culture war to difficult dialogue: Exploring distinct frames for citizen exchange about social problems

Journal of Public Deliberation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hess, Jacob Z ^a   Todd, Nathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture war; Diversity; Framing; Intergroup dialogue; Interpretation; Morality; Social change; Social conservatism; Social liberalism; Social problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349148057     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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