El framing como proyecto de investigación: una revisión de los conceptos, ámbitos y métodos de estudio.

Since framing theory was incorporated into Communication studies, its use by researchers has increased steadily, to study the presence of frames both within the communicative process and especially in the different parts thereof. This paper reviews the evolution of this theory within Communication, paying special attention to various relevant aspects. Specifically, the main proposals for existing frame typologies are extracted and discussed. The debates about the visualization of framing as a research program or project as well as the fields in which it is studied are reviewed. In addition, this paper reviews the logic of such research in the three main fields of study within the theory: frame building, the presence of news frames in messages, and the framing effects on the audience, providing a review of the methodological approaches followed in each of these lines of work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]