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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Unpublished manuscript.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.

Maintenance and Reformation of News Repertoires: A Latent Transition Analysis

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

Published article. Presented at the ICA Annual Conference, 2021.

The article’s analytical strategy combines latent class identification, transition modeling, and mover/stayer analysis with conditional estimation of repertoire membership on covariates, allowing the study to show not only which news repertoires exist and how stable they are, but also what predicts belonging to and remaining within them.

Conceptualizing Long-term Media Effects on Societal Beliefs

Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Published article.