Dangerous frames : how ideas about race and gender shape public opinion / Nicholas J.G. Winter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winter, Nicholas J. G.

Series:

Studies in communication, media, and public opinion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political psychology--Case studies.

Political psychology.

United States--Race relations--Public opinion.

United States.

Sex role--United States--Public opinion.

Sex role.

United States--Politics and government--1989---Psychological aspects.

United States--Social policy--1993---Psychological aspects.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States.

Rhetoric.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Race relations--Public opinion.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

Sex role--Public opinion.

Social policy--Psychological aspects.

Gender roles.

Frames (Sociology)--United States.

Genre:

Case studies

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Summary:

In addition to their obvious roles in American politics, race and gender also work in hidden ways to profoundly influence the way we think--and vote--about a vast array of issues that don't seem related to either category. As Nicholas Winter reveals, politicians and leaders often frame these seemingly unrelated issues in ways that prime audiences to respond not to the policy at hand but instead to the way its presentation resonates with their deeply held beliefs about race and gender. Winter shows, for example, how official rhetoric about welfare and Social Security has tapped into white Americans' racial biases to shape their opinions on both issues for the past two decades. Similarly, the way politicians presented health care reform in the 1990s divided Americans along the lines of their attitudes toward gender. Combining cognitive and political psychology with innovative empirical research, Dangerous Frames ultimately illuminates the emotional underpinnings of American politics.

Contents:

Race, gender, and political cognition

Political rhetoric meets political psychology : the process of group implication

American race and gender schemas

Group implication in the laboratory

Racialization of welfare and social security

Gendering of health care reform

Race and gender frames in American politics.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-259) and index.

ISBN:

9780226902364

9780226902371

0226902366

0226902374

OCLC:

170203447

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