Frame Change: The Role of the Press and the "Irish Question"

Doctoral Dissertation
Linda McLean Harned
Christopher Mitchell
Committee Chair
Richard Rubenstein
Committee Member
Desmond Dinan
Committee Member
Frame Change: The Role of the Press and the "Irish Question"
Publication Date:December 06, 2006
Pages:348
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Abstract

Language frames us, our world and where we are headed—by changing the frames we use we can contribute to changing our future. Press frames are constructed through the selection of certain pieces of information that can contribute to paradigms, our ways of thinking; and to worldviews, our ways of seeing the world, of seeing and perceiving the other. Our perception of the other informs our attitudes, which in turn influences how we behave toward the other. When the language the media uses to define the conflict changes, the frames of the conflict can also change, allowing for a different way of seeing the future. This work first discusses the role of the press in the historic frames used to define “the Irish question.” This is followed by an examination of how press frames in the Northern Ireland conflict were created, and maintained, and then how and why they changed. The impact of frame change is then discussed within the context of identity and reconciliation.

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