Universität Wien

400013 SE Framing Policy Change (2018W)

Seminar für DissertantInnen: Theorie

Continuous assessment of course work

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max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes

jeweils Mittwoch 15 Uhr - 16:30 Uhr
10.10.2018
17.10.2018
24.10.2018
31.10.2018
07.11.2018
14.11.2018
21.11.2018
28.11.2018
05.12.2018
12.12.2018
09.01.2019
13.01.2019
16.01.2019
23.01.2019

Ort: Institut für Staatswissenschaften, Rooseveltplatz 3, 1. Stock
Seminarraum


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Aims, contents and method of the course

Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Framing is a central concept in political communication. Successful framing can decide how a political issue is perceived and which actor’s position wins support by the mass media and the voters. The seminar focuses on the concept of framing in political communication. The seminar covers the history of the concept and the various approaches to framing, with a special emphasis on political issues. Themes to be covered:
What is framing and how does it distinguish itself from related
concepts such as agenda-setting, priming, persuasion, and learning?
Actors and stages of framing processes.
Which different approaches of framing research can be distinguished?
Which mechanisms make framing effective?
How durable are framing effects?
Which factors influence the effectiveness of framing attempts?
Methods of analysing frames and framing processes.
How does the internet change classic framing processes?
Examples of strategic framing attempts in political decision processes, e.g. EU politics, welfare state issues, moral issues, immigration policies.Framing ist ein zentrales Konzept in der politischen Kommunikation. Erfolgreiches Framing kann entscheiden wie ein politisches Issue wahrgenommen wird und welche Akteursposition die Unterstützung der Massenmedien und der Wähler erhält. Das Seminar befasst sich mit dem Framing-Konzept in der politischen Kommunikation. Das Seminar befasst sich mit der Geschichte des Konzepts und den verschiedenen Ansätzen des Framing, mit speziellem Fokus auf das Framing von politischen Issues.
Themen, die abgedeckt werden:
Was ist framing und wie unterschiedet es sich von verwandten Konzepten wie agenda-setting, priming, persuasion und learning.
Akteure und Abschnitte des framing-Prozesses.
Welche unerterschiedlichen Ansätze der framing-Forschung können unterschieden werden?
Welche Mechanismen machen framing effektiv?
Welche Faktoren beeinflussen die Effektivität von framing-Versuchen?
Methoden der Analyse von frames und framing.
Wie verändert das internet die klassischen framing Prozesse?
Exemplarische Diskussion von strategischen framing Bemühungen in politischen Entscheidungsprozessen, z.B. EU-Politik, sozialpolitische Issues, moralische Issues, Immigrationspolitik

Assessment and permitted materials

Mitarbeit, Referate, Tests über die Seminarliteratur, schriftliche Abschlussarbeit
Active participation, student presentations, tests on the seminar literature, term paper

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1 Regelmäßige Anwesenheit (maximal 2 entschuldigte Fehleinheiten) und aktive Mitarbeit (Voraussetzung ist die Lektüre der jeweiligen Literatur) (15 % der Leistungsbeurteilung)
2 Referate im Seminar (15 %)
3 2 (von 3) Tests über die Seminarliteratur (20 %)
3 Schriftliche Seminararbeit (60007000 Worte ohne Literaturangaben) (50%)
1 Continuous seminar presence (max. 2 agreed misses) and active participation in discussions (which requires the reading of the seminar readings) (15 % of grade)
2 Presentations in seminar (15 %)
3 2 (of 3) tests on the seminar readings (20 %)
3 Term paper (60007000 words without references) (50%)

Examination topics

Seminar readings

Reading list

References (Selection):
Borah, Porisita (2011) Conceptual issues in framing theory: A systematic examination of a decade’s literature. Journal of Communication 61: 246263.
Chong, Dennis, and Druckman, James N. (2007) Framing theory. Annual Review of Political Science 10: 103126.
Chong, Dennis, and Druckman, James N. (2013) Counterframing effects. Journal of Politics 75,1: 116.
D’Angelo, Paul (2002) News framing as a multiparadigmatic research program: A response to Entman. Journal of Communication 52: 870888.
D’Angelo, Paul, and Kuypers, Jim A. (eds.) (2010) Doing news framing analysis. Empirical and theoretical perspectives. New York: Routledge.
D’Angelo, Paul, and Kuypers, Jim A. (eds.) (2015) Doing news framing analysis II. New York: Routledge.
De Vreese, Claes H. (2012) New avenues for framing research. American Behavioral Scientist 56,3: 365375.
Druckman, James N., Peterson, Erik, and Slothuus, Rune (2013) How elite partisan polarization affects public opinion formation. American Political Science Review 107,1: 5779.
Entman, Robert M. (1993) Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm. Journal of Communication 43,4: 5158.
Entman, Robert M., Matthes, Jörg, and Pellicano (2009) Nature, sources, and effects of news framing, in Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Thomas Hanitzsch (eds.), The handbook of journalism studies. New York: Routledge.
Klar, Samara, Robinson, Joshua, and Druckman, James (2012) Political dynamics of framing. Institute for Policy Research, Northwestern University, Working Paper Series WP-12-13.
Matthes, Jörg (2009) What’s in a frame? A content analysis of media frame studies in the world’s leading communication journals, 19902005. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly 86,2: 349367.
Matthes, Jörg (2012) Framing politics: An integrative approach. American Behavioral Scientist 56,3: 347359.
Moy, Patricia, Tewksbury, David, and Rinke, Eike Mark (2016) Agenda-setting, priming, and framing, in Klaus Bruhn Jensen and Robert T. Craig (eds.), The international encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy. New York: John Willey & Sons.
Scheufele, Dietram A., and Iyengar, Shanto (2017) The state of framing research: A call for new directions, in Kate Kenski and Kathleen Hall Jamieson (eds.), The Oxford handbook of political communication. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Vliegenthart, Rens, and van Zoonen, Liesbet (2011) Power to the frame: Bringing sociology back to frame analysis. European Journal of Communication 26: 101115.

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