The Influence of Media Framing on Policy Issues Salience: the Case of Security Laws Amendment Act, 2014
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Date
2012Author
Ondari, Dinnah G
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The study examines the role of media framing in the enhancement of the Security Laws Amendment Act 2014.The question that the study asks and answers is hoe media framing of insecurity influenced the salience of insecurity as a policy issue.The study uses the multiple streams theory which makes three fundamental arguments:First,individuals tend to exhibit serial attention while systems exhibit parallel attention.Secondly, the theory argues that policy makers work under considerable time constraints...
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University of Nairobi