Talking politics William A. Gamson Boston College kf CAMBRIDGE §9) UNIVERSITY PRESSPublished by the Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 IRP 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA. 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia ‘© Cambridge University Press 1992 First published 1992 Reprinted 1994, 1995, 1996 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available. A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0-521-43062-3 hardback ISBN 0-521-43679-6 paperback Transferred to digital printing 2002Contents List of figures and tables Preface Political consciousness Central themes Collective action frames The four issues What follows Conversations and media discourse Working people Context of the conversations Participant assessments Media discourse Part I: Collective action frames Injustice Injustice in media discourse Injustice in conversations Troubled industry Affirmative action Nuclear power Arab-Israeli conflict Conclusion Agency Troubled industry Affirmative action Nuclear power Arab-Israeli conflict Conclusion