Chapter 2. Origin of Dialogue: A Model of Frame Building
Chapter 3. Research Design and Data
Part 2. Empirical Outcomes
Chapter 4. Frame Construction for the Media Input
Chapter 5. Frame Promotion: Variation of the Strategic Framing Choices in Different Communication Channels and Over Time
Chapter 6. Frame Edition
Chapter 7. Flow of Frames
Chapter 8. Role of Dialogue in Public Opinion Formation
Part 3. Conclusion
Chapter 9. Conclusion
Regula Hänggli is a professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, specializing in political communication. She is also a member of the Center for Politics and Communication. Her work focuses on media and democracy, digitalization, and opinion formation.
This book develops a new theoretical framework for studying the interaction between political parties, the news media and citizens. The model addresses how political actors develop and push different arguments in a debate, how the news media select and communicate these arguments, and how they ultimately influence citizens’ democratic decisions. The author promotes dialogue as a convincing concept for analyzing the quality of public debate and advances a series of arguments for why and how this concept helps improve our understanding of key processes in democracy. Based on a detailed analysis of rich empirical data collected from referendum campaigns in Switzerland, the book is relevant beyond the specific context and applicable to election campaigns and public debates more broadly.
Regula Hänggli is a professor at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, specializing in political communication. She is also a member of the Center for Politics and Communication. Her work focuses on media and democracy, digitalization, and opinion formation.