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Not everything we see in the world is | Not everything we see in the world is black and white. Some information is a bit of both. The brain has a tendency to try and save energy so it often uses heuristics to make a quick decision to reduce having to think too much. As such we are more attracted to sources of information which lay out the black and white for us. i.e. we prefer data that is presented to us less ambiguous terms. For instance take the following picture of a '''duck''':[[File:Political framing.jpg|alt=Political framing|thumb|Political framing]]Framing involves the social construction of a social phenomenon – by mass media sources, political or social movements, political leaders, or other actors and organizations. Participation in a language community necessarily influences an individual's ''perception'' of the meanings attributed to words or phrases. Politically, the language communities of advertising, religion, and mass media are highly contested, whereas framing in less-sharply defended language communities might evolve imperceptibly and organically over cultural time frames, with fewer overt modes of disputation. | ||
== Framing in Politics == | == Framing in Politics == | ||
[[File:Left and Right defined in the US.png|thumb|Left and Right defined in the US (click to expand)]] | [[File:Left and Right defined in the US.png|thumb|Left and Right defined in the US (click to expand)]] | ||
It is difficult to pinpoint precisely exactly what Left and Right stand for they are very generalist terms<ref>https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/08/14/left-wing-vs-right-wing-its-complicated</ref>. The image to the right shows a general breakdown of what this is considered to be in the US, however to concretely state that the left believes in on policy and the right believes in another is a supposition. | It is difficult to pinpoint precisely exactly what Left and Right stand for they are very generalist terms<ref>https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/08/14/left-wing-vs-right-wing-its-complicated</ref>. The image to the right shows a general breakdown of what this is considered to be in the US, however to concretely state that the left believes in on policy and the right believes in another is a supposition. | ||
The media have the power and tendency to immediately portray a political point to the public in either of two camps. However, this very method of portrayal, angle of attack can affect the perceptions of the general public which is trying to be objectively informed of the new policy<ref>Issue framing in online voting advice applications: The effect of left-wing and right-wing headers on reported attitudes https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212555</ref>. The unfortunate consequence of this is instead of taking a new idea on the basis of merit by putting it into a specific camp you immediately generate opposition. In reality a political ideal can benefit everyone around the table. | The media have the power and tendency to immediately portray a political point to the public in either of two camps. However, this very method of portrayal, angle of attack can affect the perceptions of the general public which is trying to be objectively informed of the new policy<ref>Issue framing in online voting advice applications: The effect of left-wing and right-wing headers on reported attitudes https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0212555</ref>. The unfortunate consequence of this is instead of taking a new idea on the basis of merit by putting it into a specific camp you immediately generate opposition. In reality a political ideal can benefit everyone around the table. | ||