Tuesday, 19 February 2008

framing science and framing conflict



FRAMING SCIENCE AND FRAMING CONFLICT

My brother, Dr. Matthew Nisbet at American University, examines

framing, media, and public opinion as I do (with a well-read blog

entitled Framing Science), but within the area of scientific

controversy. He has an article in the current issue of Science

magazine about how scientists need to communicate their science to the

public better. He was also interviewed this week by NPR's On the Media

and has a Washington Post featured commentary in this Sunday's Outlook

section. Not only do these materials provide a good primer on framing

(see the Science article especially), Matt's basic arguments on how to

communicate facts and policies to audiences are relevant to many

different contexts, including foreign policy and international


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