The Origin
Framing Mechanisms
Levels of Media Framing
Elements of Media Framing
Elements of Media Framing
100

This theory focuses on how meanings, symbols, and emphasis influence audience perception.

framing theory

100

According to Entman, framing analysis aims to identify these elements in a narrative that represent the frame.

words, images, and symbols

100

This level of media framing focuses on measuring hidden or implied meanings in media content.

first level (implicit level)

100

This element refers to the journalist who creates and shapes the message.

communicator

100

The presence or absence of key words and images in a news story is part of this element.

text

200

This term is used in political communication to describe framing specifically applied to news content.

news framing

200

These language tools often carry hidden judgments and are used in framing to shape audience perception.

metaphors

200

This level of framing influences public attitudes and shapes opinions about issues.

second level

200

This element represents the audience who interprets the message based on their own beliefs and experiences.

receiver

200

These factors, such as editorial policies and ownership, can shape how journalists frame stories.

organizational or external influences

300

This American sociologist first used the term “frame” in 1955.

Bateson

300

Pan and Kosicki identified this type of conclusion, not directly stated but implied in the text, as part of framing.

implicit conclusions

300

These conclusions are not directly stated but are suggested through language and structure in media texts.

implicit conclusions

300

This element refers to shared values and common frames within a society that influence interpretation.

culture

300

This type of frame highlights the financial or material impact of events on society.

economic frame

400

These two scholars significantly contributed to the development of framing theory in 1967.

Berger and Luckmann

400

This process in framing strengthens certain ideas by presenting, delaying, and repeating them.

reinforcement (of ideas)

400

Framing can lead to these three types of effects on audiences: thinking, feeling, and acting.

cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects

400

This frame presents events as competition or struggle, often emphasizing winners and losers.

conflict frame

400

This interaction between communicator, text, receiver, and culture demonstrates that framing is not linear but this type of process.

dynamic (or interactive) process

500

This field commonly uses “news framing” to analyze how issues are presented to the public.

political communication (or public opinion studies)

500

This concept refers to emphasizing certain aspects of an issue while ignoring others to shape interpretation.

salience

500

By focusing on certain aspects of an issue, media can shape these shared standards in society.

public norms

500

This frame focuses on emotional storytelling to evoke feelings like sympathy, anger, or sadness.

human-interest (or humanitarian) frame

500

This concept explains how journalists’ internal belief systems shape the way they construct news frames.

schemata (or cognitive schemas)

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