Framing · October, 2017

Stories about Framing from October, 2017

“Violence was the concept in dispute”

EcuadorOctober 26, 2017

Reframed Stories asks people to respond to dominant themes in news coverage about themselves and the issues that affect them. The stories center on the reflections of persons who are more...

Lone Wolves are ‘Terrorists’ Too

Media & JournalismOctober 10, 2017

References to Muslims or Islam are common whether the story is about a lone wolf killer or a terrorist. We need to find better ways to characterize people who cause terror and a language that does justice to everyone touched by it.

“We should talk about indigenous struggles, but acknowledge our achievements as well”

IndigenousOctober 5, 2017

Maybe the media is covering certain topics and providing a general overview of things, but the roots of the problems, and the perspectives of the indigenous communities and nationalities, are missing.

“As indigenous youth, we have the right to make our opinions heard”

EcuadorOctober 5, 2017

We need more outlets where youth can get involved and make our voices heard because we, too, have much to say and offer.

Framespotting with Amy Zhang of MIT CSAIL

FramespottersOctober 5, 2017

How do our moral values underpin our narratives, or frame our stories? We spoke with Amy Zhang, a member of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL), to learn more about moral framing.