News Narratives and News Framing

Karen S. Johnson-Cartee is professor in the Department of Advertising and Public Relations and in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Alabama.

• Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 The Social Construction of Reality Chapter 3 2 Public Opinion and Public Policy Chapter 4 3 Journalism at a Crossroads Chapter 5 4 Newsgathering Mythologies and Strategic Rituals Chapter 6 5 News as Narrative Chapter 7 6 Actors in the Social Construction of News Chapter 8 7 Standardization in Framing Chapter 9 8 Personalized and Confrontational News Framing Chapter 10 Appendix: The 1986 Drug War and Media Convergence Chapter 11 References

Johnson-Cartee provides a well-researched and extensively documented summary of decades of research. Combining narrative theory with newsgathering techniques, she provides more theory than most practitioners generally read and more application than most theorists are likely to encounter—a useful mix that can serve as a model for other authors. The book's perspective—that news is a social construction of reality—is well illustrated. . . . Highly recommended.