Which of the following is an accurate description of framing?
A) While agenda-setting examines whether we think about an issue, framing explores how we think about it.
B) Framing is selecting and highlighting some facets of events or issues and making connections among them so as to promote a particular interpretation.
C) Frames are the rhetorical devices that make linkages among concepts, connecting the dots and building critical associations.
D) A frame is a primary organizing theme or narrative that gives meaning to, and connects, a series of events.
E) All of the above are accurate descriptions of framing

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All the choices provided accurately describe different aspects of framing. Framing involves selecting certain aspects of a perceived reality and making them more salient in a communicating text, in such a way that promotes a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation for the item described. It explores how we think about issues (A), involves selecting and highlighting certain facets of events or issues to promote a particular interpretation (B), uses rhetorical devices to make linkages among concepts (C), and serves as a primary organizing theme or narrative that connects a series of events (D).

Which of the Following Is an Accurate Description of Framing