Politics and framing the issue

Education is framed in economic terms and market forces.

coberst wrote:

Education is framed in economic terms and market forces.

If you are correct, then probably the most effective way of counteracting these frames is for us to stop using them. After all, it wouldn't be difficult to demonstrate how poorly they account for the statistical realities of post-graduate education of the last several decades. It may be that these "frames" persist so doggedly because they are useful to those who are determined to reprimand "society" (whatever that means) for its failings--even when the reprimanders are the very people "exposing" the frames. It's a classic case of the Messianic dilemma: if one has made it one's mission to call for change, then one is likely to ignore signs that things actually are changing because then one would be out of a job.

Frames are part of everyday life. A paradigm is a frame. A point of view is based upon a frame, or may be a frame in itself.

Bravery to one looks like stupidity to another. Confidence to one can be arrogance to another. Loyalty to one looks like naievity to another. It all just depends on the frame.

You are correct. However, the problem is that people seldom recognize the ability to manipulate that is hidden within these frames.

Making everyone conscious of the nature of framing the issue is very important for the health of a democracy.

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You are correct. However, the problem is that people seldom recognize the ability to manipulate that is hidden within these frames.

This is an interesting point, because I see it as being both wrong and right. People do recognise the ability to manipulate that is hidden within frames, because they use frames to support their arguments (against the person with whom they are arguing / trying to persuade) knowing that the other person will see things different (ie have a different frame)…BUT…people don't consciously think of it because (I'm guessing) they don't want to see themselves as manipulative.

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Making everyone conscious of the nature of framing the issue is very important for the health of a democracy.

People know, on some level, but they don't want to think about it…it's more effort, it's non conformist, and it's uncomfortable…so they don't develop the skill of seeing their frames.

Of course, I just made all that up, so feel free to say if you see differently.

People embedded within an ideology have a point of view that to them is universally true and is natural.

They do not comprehend that they are using a linguistic frame.