Media in the Policy Process: Using Framing and Narratives to Understand Policy Influences

Review of Policy Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 472-491

  Crow, Deserai A ^a   Lawlor, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

framing; media; narratives; policy process

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MEDIA ROLE; PLANNING PROCESS; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84985946068     PISSN: 1541132X     EISSN: 15411338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12187     Document Type: Article

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