Framing by the Flock: Collective Issue Definition and Advocacy Success.
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PROVIDER: S-EPMC6380451 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
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Framing by the Flock: Collective Issue Definition and Advocacy Success.
Junk Wiebke Marie WM Rasmussen Anne A
Comparative political studies 20180704 4
The framing of issues is part of the tool kit used by lobbyists in modern policy making, yet the ways in which framing works to affect lobbying success across issues remain underexplored. Analyzing a new dataset of lobbying in the news on 50 policy issues in five European countries, we demonstrate that it is not individual but collective framing that matters: Emphasis frames that enjoy collective backing from lobbying camps of like-minded advocates affect an advocate's success, rather than frame ...[more]
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