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Aging, Agency, and Attribution of Responsibility: Shifting Public Discourse about Older Adults

Ageism is alive and well in the media. But how can we make sure it's not in our advocacy communications, too?

Report

Talking Juvenile Justice Reform: A FrameWorks MessageMemo

This MessageMemo highlights tested reframing strategies that build support for a restorative, developmentally appropriate approach to youth justice reform.

Toolkit

Telling Stories Out of School: Reframing the Education Conversation through a Core Story Approach

This toolkit is designed to help leading voices in the education sector to build support and cultivate demand for an excellent public school system by building public understanding of issues such...

External article

Changing How People Think About Human Rights

To advance human rights, advocates must understand not just what people think about the issue—but why they think it. FrameWorks CEO Nat Kendall-Taylor explains in this piece on OpenDemocracy.

External article

Why framing matters—and polls only give you so much

How people think, in addition to what they think is critical to effective communication, but polls are not great ways to understand the how question. Polls are also not always effective in...

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Executive Summary (Jacksonville)

The FrameWorks Institute conducted a series of studies in Jacksonville to develop communications strategies, tools, and techniques that would build public understanding and support.

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Nature Doesn’t Pay My Bills: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understandings of Urban Nature and Health

This report compares and contrasts the different ways experts and everyday Americans think about nature, urban life and human wellbeing.

Toolkit

Explaining Common Core to Californians

This toolkit features a collection of framing research, recommendations, and sample communications designed to help leading voices in California’s education sector increase public understanding...

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Gauging Aging: Mapping the Gaps Between Expert and Public Understandings of Aging in America

This comparison of public and expert thinking on aging identifies challenges in building support for policies that promote the well-being of older Americans.

Toolkit

Talking Child Wellbeing and the System of Care Initiative in Jacksonville

Welcome to Talking Child Wellbeing and the System of Care Initiative in Jacksonville—a collection of evidence-based framing recommendations and sample communications designed to help local...

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Testing Usability: The Use of Addiction Explanatory Metaphors in Framing Public and Professional Conversations

This report summarizes the findings of qualitative research to explore how experts use three Explanatory Metaphors — Redirecting the River, Reward Dial, and Outcomes Scale — to communicate...

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“Just Do It” Communicating Implementation Science and Practice

How can we talk about evidence-based decisionmaking and implementation science in ways that build support for robust, intentional implementation efforts?