News and Research articles on Framing

Volume 12, Issue 2

The politics of internet freedom rankings

Tetyana Lokot, Dublin City University
Mariëlle Wijermars, Maastricht University
PUBLISHED ON: 8 Jun 2023 DOI: 10.14763/2023.2.1710

Internet freedom rankings are a comparative tool that serves as an evaluative shorthand in decision-making contexts internationally. Understanding their aims and how they define internet freedom, as well as the power relationships within the ranking ecosystem, can reveal a lot about their politics – and their limits.

KEYWORDS: Rankings, Digital rights, Framing, Internet freedom, Democracy
Volume 7, Issue 2

Political topic-communities and their framing practices in the Dutch Twittersphere

Maranke Wieringa, Utrecht University
Daniela van Geenen, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Utrecht University
Ludo Gorzeman, Utrecht University
PUBLISHED ON: 15 May 2018 DOI: 10.14763/2018.2.793

This paper analyses the selection, dissemination, and framing of media messages in day-to-day politics topic communities on Twitter

KEYWORDS: Echo chambers, Framing, Political homophily, Social filtering, Social media practices
Volume 5, Issue 3

Beyond “Points of Control”: logics of digital governmentality

Romain Badouard, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Clément Mabi, Université de Technologie de Compiègne
Guillaume Sire, Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
PUBLISHED ON: 30 Sep 2016 DOI: 10.14763/2016.3.433

This paper demonstrates the benefit of using the concept of governmentality to understand how online behaviours are directed, constrained and framed through the management of technical resources that enact logics of power and control.

KEYWORDS: Governmentality, Framing, User behaviour