The Smallpox Threat: A Study of Newspaper and White House Frames.

The article seeks to determine the extent to which frames from the news media about the smallpox threat of 2002-2003 corresponded to frames the White House provided about the threat. It investigates whether the frames changed over the course of the year in which the smallpox threat was reported in the news media. It examines the evolution of the frames over a period of time, which provides another unique contribution to the field of framing studies.