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Christian Baden

Bio: Christian Baden is an academic researcher from Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framing (social sciences) & Journalism. The author has an hindex of 13, co-authored 50 publications receiving 691 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian Baden include Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich & Columbia University.


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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: The authors apply frame processing theory as a general framework for understanding how coherent meaning is constructed from complex stimuli, regardless of their modality: both visual and textual information processing follow a recursive sequence of selective perception/structuring, decoding, the construction of relations, and their integration into coherent meaning.
Abstract: Given the rising use of visual and multimodal information, text-oriented framing research is at risk of losing traction with current media reality. We propose applying frame processing theory as a general framework for understanding how coherent meaning is constructed from complex stimuli, regardless of their modality: Both visual and textual information processing follow a recursive sequence of (a) selective perception/structuring, (b) decoding, (c) the construction of relations, and (d) their integration into coherent meaning. The specifics of visual and textual modalities provide varying degrees of structuring and salience within a fundamentally unified information processing process. Integrating advances from framing and visual communication research, we discuss implications for the empirical analysis of multimodal news contents, and sketch an agenda for research.

142 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world, and there is a need to improve the co-existence of political polarization.
Abstract: Political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world. Although the issue has received some scholarly attention, there is a need to improve the co...

111 citations

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TL;DR: Impact of advances from framing and visual communication research is discussed, implications for the empirical analysis of multimodal news contents, and an agenda for research is sketched.
Abstract: Given the rising use of visual and multimodal information, text-oriented framing research is at risk of losing traction with current media reality. We propose applying frame processing theory as a general framework for understanding how coherent meaning is constructed from complex stimuli, regardless of their modality: Both visual and textual information processing follow a recursive sequence of (a) selective perception/structuring, (b) decoding, (c) the construction of relations, and (d) their integration into coherent meaning. The specifics of visual and textual modalities provide varying degrees of structuring and salience within a fundamentally unified information processing process. Integrating advances from framing and visual communication research, we discuss implications for the empirical analysis of multimodal news contents, and sketch an agenda for research.

109 citations

01 Jan 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world, and there is a need to improve the co-existence of political polarization.
Abstract: Political polarization on the digital sphere poses a real challenge to many democracies around the world. Although the issue has received some scholarly attention, there is a need to improve the co...

82 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the coverage of specific, salient conflict events and found that media have been shown to focus on violence, and that most existing scholarship has focused on violence.
Abstract: In its search for media influences in violent conflict, most existing scholarship has investigated the coverage of specific, salient conflict events. Media have been shown to focus on violence, sid...

67 citations


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TL;DR: In this paper, Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism are discussed. And the history of European ideas: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 721-722.

13,842 citations

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01 Jun 1959

3,442 citations

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TL;DR: The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion by John Zaller (1992) as discussed by the authors is a model of mass opinion formation that offers readers an introduction to the prevailing theory of opinion formation.
Abstract: Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1994, Vol 39(2), 225. Reviews the book, The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion by John Zaller (1992). The author's commendable effort to specify a model of mass opinion formation offers readers an introduction to the prevailing vi

3,150 citations