Social Problems: Frames and
Claims Making
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Frames and Claims Making - Social Problems - Lecture Slides, Slides of Sociology
A lecture from Social Problems course. Key words from these lecture slides are: Frames and Claims Making, Social Problems, Calmismakers Frame Issues, Framing Techniques, Domain Expansion, Constructing Worthy Victims, Horrifying Examples, Article on Looksism, Piggybacking, Frame Issues
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Social Problems: Frames and
Claims Making
Frames
Research suggests that a small number of frames (or maybe just one) on any particular issue become dominant in public discourse while others are ignored
Frame describes how the public, media, activists, politicians, and anyone else portray social problems.
They provide a way to make sense of what we experience
Framing Techniques
Piggybacking
Domain expansion
Constructing worthy victims
Horrifying examples
What makes some claims more
successful than others?
Read the article on looksism
Is this successful? Why or why not?
How would you suggest improving it?