Doing News Framing Analysis: Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives. Paul D’Angelo and Jim A. Kuypers, eds. New York, NY: Routledge, 2010. 376 pp.
I admit I found it a bit strange to be reviewing this book, especially in light of several references to the 2003 volume I co-edited as “the bible of news framing analysis.” I wondered whether extending the metaphor would make any sense. Clearly, this volume is far more than an update or an extension of those original contributions. Indeed, only two authors, Stephen Reese and Dhavan Shaw, have chapters in both volumes. I finally decided that Paul D’Angelo and Jim Kuypers have provided something of a user’s guide, something akin to a “Joy of Framing” as seen from the perspective of some of the most active and engaged practitioners of the craft of news framing analysis.