Politics as an issue or strategic debate. Framing of the 2012 Mexican electoral campaign in the digital press

The media play a crucial role during election campaigns, transferring information that will be used by citizens in their decision-making. In order to detect how the digital press framed the election for the presidency of Mexico in 2012, a content analysis (n = 1287) of the campaign news was conducte...

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Autor: Muñiz, Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD DE GUADALAJARA
Repositorio:Comunicación y Sociedad
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx:article/64
Acceso en línea:https://www.comunicacionysociedad.cucsh.udg.mx/index.php/comsoc/article/view/64
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Framing
strategic game frame
issue frame
electoral campaign
digital press
encuadre de juego político
encuadre de asunto o temático
campaña electoral
prensa digital
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Sumario:The media play a crucial role during election campaigns, transferring information that will be used by citizens in their decision-making. In order to detect how the digital press framed the election for the presidency of Mexico in 2012, a content analysis (n = 1287) of the campaign news was conducted. The study found a predominant use of a strategic game frame throughout the campaign, at the expense of an issue frame.