Framing Techniques In The Neocons, Osama Bin Laden, And

Everyone frames in different manners, using numerous distinctive strategies framing whether consciously or unconsciously. Framing is an uncontrollable event everyone partakes on out of their control, and there are unlimited amount of ways to frame something, and through this mindset, we focus the frames of three important people: The Neocons, Osama Bin Laden, and Schudson. We see the different types of frame strategies used in several different sources including Bamford’s book, “A pretext for war: 9/11, Iraq, and the abuse of America's intelligence agencies”, where neocons frame the CIA, in Osama Bin Laden’s transcript speech, where he frames 9/11 and Bush, and lastly, in Schudson’s frame theory packet, where he explores the many different kinds of framing. Although everyone frames one way or another, the outcome of the frames may not always turn out as effective. From these three different sources, the author’s all demonstrate framing by using different techniques, and the way they use their framing techniques add to the theory of what makes frames more or less effective and ineffective.

Schudson says that “all frames are selected because they are based on decisions about what to include and exclude, emphasize and deemphasize” (Schudson Line 28-29 Page 3). In this quote, Schudson is telling his readers that frames are all selective because it gives people one side of the story, meaning the story is based on the information the author wants to give to their audience, hiding the rest of the information they dont want their audience to know in order to better prove their points. We see Schudson’s frame theory being used a lot in Bamford’s book, and how Bamford includes and excludes specific information. By doing this, it affects the acceptance and eligibility of the