Framing research seeks to understand the forces that shape human behaviour in the policy
process. It assumes that policy is a social construct and can be cast in a variety of ways to …

A better understanding of the processes that influence public perception can contribute to
improvements in water management, consumer services, acceptability of water reuse and …

Several commentators on the current state of human geography have recently criticized
cultural geography for its influence on the theoretical and empirical foci of the wider …

Arsenic is a class I human carcinogen that has been identified as the second most important
global health concern in groundwater supplies after contamination by pathogenic …

The social amplification of risk framework highlights the role which the news media play in
risk communication by interacting with other agents in amplifying risk. However, the precise …

Reconfiguration of the healthcare division of labour is becoming increasingly attractive in the
context of increased patient demand and resource constraints. One example is the …

Background While intersectoral collaboration is considered valuable and important for
achieving health outcomes, there are few examples of successes. The literature on …

This exploratory case study compares risk frames of scientists who are developing new
nanotechnologies (upstream scientists) with those of scientists who might later study the …

This study looked at how the media framed biosolids, or treated sewage sludge, from 1994
to 2004 by analyzing the 13 media frames found in 286 biosolid-related articles from …

The media's role as an agenda-setter has been documented in the literature, however less
attention has been given to the role of the media as an agendabuilder. The role of news …