Racialized Priming and Framing

Racialized Priming and Framing
Racialized priming and framing have significant policy implications. Racialized priming and framing have over time proved pivotal in pushing for policy changes. If the analysis in news media primes the audience to think about certain frames over others, the preferred frames end up influencing the policy priorities by the public and pushing the political actors into action. This has been observed on several occasions, especially in healthcare policies. In 2013, Trump attacked Obamacare policy by introducing a contrasting frame that the program was not subjected to cuts while military benefits were cut. As Glens shows the news media has succeeded in framing African-Americans as the major beneficiaries of social welfare programs. Although the Obamacare policy is still intact, the policy has been under attack through the national “repeal de...