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Category Archives: Framing
Inevitability of understanding: The folk theory
The statement from Ariana Huffington (in bold below) is one of the best examples of the folk theory upon which Critical Discourse Analysis is based – namely that words influence people in certain inevitable ways. It is also a good … Continue reading
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Blending and framing by paradox
Google Reader (1000+) “Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.” (Clement Atlee) There is no doubt that pithy aphorisms are an important instrument in the socialisation toolkit (construction inventory) or any … Continue reading
Unintended consequences of political correctness
Colbert I. King – Why Obama Stands With His Church – washingtonpost.com This history comes to mind as I listen to conservative commentators, chief among them MSNBC’s Pat Buchanan, brand as "racist" the slogan adopted by Trinity United Church of … Continue reading
Are US copyright laws unconstitutional: Default states semantics
LII: Constitution To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; I had no idea that copyright was part of the US … Continue reading
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Two models of governance: Foundations of policy negotiation
Lakoff in ‘Moral Politics’ talks about how competing models of family influence policy and politics debates in the US. This model duality is not only present in a variety of contexts but I would claim is the very foundation of … Continue reading
Finally! The truth about truth: Folk foundations of scientific reductionism
On The Media I’m not a psychologist, but I think that at some deep level, if the situation you’re living is a lie, and the situation these boys were living was one, and, moreover, at least the father was complicit … Continue reading
Primogeniture: Negotiating the internal ‘logic’ of social change
BBC – Radio 4 Woman’s Hour -Male Primogeniture Jenni discusses the law of primogeniture with Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone, who has asked the Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate the legality of this centuries old practice, and to … Continue reading
Negotiating radial categories: Some mothers do have them
Is It Possible To Be Half-Adopted? Imagining someone giving away semen or an egg couldn’t possibly feel the same as imagining a parent giving a way a baby. Could it? The friend who asked whether I consider Mrs. Ramirez to … Continue reading
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Collective cognition, culture, mind share and patterns of action
Ubuntu: Just how popular is it? – Starry Hope Productions…Ubuntu has managed to gain a large portion of the Linux mind share, at least amongst the tech community. Wikipedia: Mind share is the amount of attention required by something and … Continue reading
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Indeterminacy in art criticism as frame negotiation
On The Media: Transcript of "Not So Innocent" (October 5, 2007) RICHARD HALPERN: Right. There’s often a kind of loss of innocence that takes place in the paintings themselves, which reflect on a potential loss of innocence on the part … Continue reading
Posted in Analogies, Framing, Literature and narrative
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