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Frames in Thought and Schema Development: Hidden Sources of Stability and Change via Frame Content

Wed, 30 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Unpublished manuscript. Presented at the ICA Annual Conference, 2025.

The article advances a schema-based theory of framing, arguing that media influence operates not only through changing which considerations people prioritize, but also through gradual transformations in the meaning and structure of citizens’ frames in thought. Its research design combines two longitudinal experiments, open-ended survey responses, and computational text analysis to trace how framing effects unfold across repeated, shifting, affective, and choice-based exposure contexts. The contribution is both theoretical and methodological: it links framing, schema adaptation, and long-term media effects in a design capable of detecting subtle forms of cognitive change that standard closed-ended measures often miss.

Frame Dynamics: Deficits and Opportunities: A Longitudinal Perspective

Mon, 28 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Manuscript under review. Presented at the ICA Annual Conference, 2021.

This paper advances framing theory by treating frames not as fixed textual categories, but as dynamic structures that vary across time, media contexts, and forms of presentation. Using a longitudinal dynamic topic-modeling design, it examines how issue emphases and lexical perspectives develop across a decade of Swedish news coverage. The contribution is both theoretical and methodological: it develops a framework for studying framing environments as temporally, contextually, and interactionally conditioned processes.

Climate Change Frame Acceptance and Resistance: Extreme Weather, Consonant News, and Personal Media Orientations

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Published article.