News Framing Effects by Sophie Lecheler Claes H. de Vreese

Author:Sophie Lecheler, Claes H. de Vreese [Sophie Lecheler, Claes H. de Vreese]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781351802550
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-09-03T00:00:00+00:00

Three (or more) basic processes of mediation

To reiterate, it is important to take into account three basic processes that will likely mediate news framing effects in studies: (1) accessibility change, (2) belief importance change, and (3) belief content change (see Chong & Druckman, 2007a; Nelson et al., 1997; Slothuus, 2008). We show an overview of these processes in Figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1 The psychology of news framing effects

Accessibility

Accessibility change as an intermediary mechanism is hypothesized to function by making considerations in the individual’s mind more salient and therefore more likely to be used when forming an opinion (e.g., Iyengar, 1991; Scheufele, 2004). Thus, essentially, accessibility change does not refer to the alteration of content within the individual’s mind but merely to the accentuation of certain existing beliefs (e.g., Iyengar & Kinder, 1987). Yet, the role accessibility plays within framing is disputed. For instance, Scheufele (2000, p. 309) even discards the notion of accessibility in framing theory, stating that “framing influences how audiences think about issues, not by making aspects of the issue more salient, but by invoking interpretative schemas that influence the interpretation of incoming information.” Accessibility change, moreover, proves difficult to assess by empirical investigation (see Baden & de Vreese, 2008 ), and studies aimed at establishing accessibility as a mediator of framing effects have delivered at best equivocal results (e.g., de Vreese, 2009 ). It is, nevertheless, plausible that accessibility change is an important (pre-)process of news framing effects.

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