The Anatomy On The Relationship Of Second-Level Agenda Setting And Framing Analysis

This thesis focuses on the differences of Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing Analysis with the methods of content analysis and citation analysis. The leading research theories in this thesis are structuralism, symbolic interactionism and prospect theory. The thesis strives to reforms the research questions and categorizations of these two areas. Tracing back the roots of Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing Analysis can help us clarify the often misunderstood or confused concepts.This thesis samples 38 papers on the topic of framing and 14 papers on the topic of second-level agenda setting from world-renowned flagship journals in mass communication and political communication. It compares Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing Analysis in their research paradigms, theoretic backgrounds, research backgrounds, research methods, research subjects, theoretic values and development trends. Second-Level Agenda Setting and Framing Analysis are different in many aspects. However, they can also converge in the future researches.