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Framing and social movements

Manuela Caiani

This article explores the notion and method of discourse and frame analysis in social movement studies. Different cases of frame analysis applied to various types of social movements and contentious politics in Europe are used to illustrate the argument.

Type: Journal Article
Year: 2023

Caiani, M. (2023). Framing and social movements. Discourse Studies, 25(2), 195–209. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614456231154734

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614456231154734

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