Conflict Framing Categories Revisited

Abstract

This investigation sought to extend existing research on framing by exploring the number and types of frames individuals use to describe their conflict events. Specifically, the study built upon extant framing research in order to test for the number of frame factors in conflict descriptions, along with an assessment of the relationship among the frames. Additional analyses explored the potential dominance of particular frames along with possible sex-based differences in frame use. The findings indicate that a six-frame factor solution best fits the data, accounting for nearly 79% of the common variance, and that several frames are correlated significantly. Results further suggest that particular frames do in fact dominate individuals' descriptions, while significant differences were also found between males' and females' use of certain frames.

Keywords:

• Conflict
• Framing
• Frame Categories

Notes

∗p < .01 (two-tailed).

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Notes on contributors

Randall G. Rogan

Randall G. Rogan (PhD, Michigan State University, 1990) is an associate professor, Department of Communication, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109-7347, USA.