Framming Methods

Theory and typology © 2005 John Benjamins Publishing Company 51 Claes H. de Vreese News framing: Theory and typology Keywords: media analysis, news framing, framing typology, cross-national news analysis The increasing popularity of the framing concept in media analysis goes hand in hand with significant inconsistency in its application. This paper outlines an integrated process model of framing that includes production, content, and media use perspectives. A typology of generic and issue-specific frames is proposed based on previous studies of media frames. An example is given of how generic news frames may be identified and used to understand cross-national differences in news coverage. The paper concludes with an identification of contentious issues in current framing research. significant inconsistency in the literature. Moreover, most previous studies of framing have focused on either content (e.g., frames in news) or framing effects.