Framing Reality: Shaping the News Coverage of the 1996 Tennessee Debate on Teaching Evolution

This study triangulated research methods to analyze how the public debate on a controversial issue was framed, and by whom, as a means of understanding the process and outcome of that debate. Its findings support the idea that public debates are framed by all involved parties, not just the news medi...

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Published in:Journal of media and religion
Main Author: McCune, Cynthia A. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2003]
In: Journal of media and religion
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This study triangulated research methods to analyze how the public debate on a controversial issue was framed, and by whom, as a means of understanding the process and outcome of that debate. Its findings support the idea that public debates are framed by all involved parties, not just the news media. It also considered how the relative power position held by each side in this debate may have affected their interactions with the news media.
ISSN:1534-8415
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of media and religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/S15328415JMR0201_2