A Bit About Framing

Frames: The use of mental filters to make sense of incoming messages.  All views are Framed and are constructed through schemas that influenced how we  interpret the message. The goal of a communication professional is to create rhetoric  that consciously or unconsciously acts to construct a point of view, and make language more inclusive to constituents.
FRAMES OPERATE IN FOUR KEY WAYS:
  1. Identify Problems
  2. Diagnose Causes
  3. Make Moral Judgements
  4. Suggest Solutions
EXAMPLES:
  • You have a 75% chance of living
  • You have a 25% chance of dying
  • She is a cold person
  • She is a warm person
  • Estate Tax
  • Death Tax

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