Framing : the social art of influence / Mikael Klintman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klintman, Mikael, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social influence.

Mass media and public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This text draws on the latest ideas from economics and evolutionary theory to provide a toolkit for understanding how issues are framed in the media, built around the key elements of texture, temperature, position and size.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 Perspectives on framing

I Making bad seem good – and other frame texturing

Part I – Introduction

2 Why is our frame smooth and theirs so often rough?

3 Sanctifying sinners and sinnifying saints

4 The allure of rough

II Making hot what's not – and other frame tempering

Part II – Introduction

5 Temperament tricks

6 How timing is of the essence

7 Metaphors as frame thermostats

III Making meanings move – frame positioning

Part III – Introduction

8 Up–down positioning: reading on or between the lines

9 Sideways positioning: what is the matter?

IV Making boundaries bend – frame sizing

Part IV – Introduction

10 Roots to social elasticity

11 Metaframing: from difference to higher sameness

12 Questions, answers, and discussion

Notes

Select bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on February 16, 2026).

ISBN:

9781526170422

1526170426

OCLC:

1501596728