Monday, October 20, 2008
We have all seen that the Presidential campaign has pretty much taken over our nation's media. If any of you have watched the debates you know they can get pretty heated and such. I wanted to talk about framing. If you noticed in the last of the debates, when on the topic of abortion, John McCain repeatedly used the phrase, pro-abortion instead of pro-choice. By doing so, he framed the issue. While Barack Obama's stance is pro-choice, which leaves the decision to the mother and by no means relishes in the usage of abortions, John McCain made it seem as such simply by changing his words. Conservatives have become immensely talented at the usage of framing, which has helped lead to their dominance in government for the majority of the last 8 years. Framing is used in many other contexts too, anyone skilled enough can use it to their advantage. How do you guys think we should look at framing? Should we believe the way they say that it is or should we realize that they are most likely changing words around to make us believe what they want us to believe?
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I was reading the article on framing for class last week when studying for the midterm and it does seem to me like conservatives are trying to find other ways of convincing the public. They downplayed the democratic party and stated that they used propaganda instead of framing to persuade the people but they are doing the same exact thing. However, the conservatives try and justify their methods and make it seem as though they are being upfront. Both candidates want to win so its obvious that they are going to say things to meet he expectations of voters.
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