scholarly journals Government messaging about COVID-19 vaccination in Canada and Australia: a Narrative Policy Framework study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Freya Saich ◽  
Alexandra Martiniuk
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Disease Outbreaks ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
New Information ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Critical Components ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework ◽  
Compare And Contrast ◽  
Insight Into

Background: Storytelling and narratives are critical components to public policy and have been central to public policy communicators throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Aim: This study applied the Narrative Policy Framework to compare and contrast the policy narratives of the Canadian and Australian Prime Ministers regarding COVID-19 vaccination. Methods: Official media releases, transcripts and speeches published on the websites of Prime Minister Morrison and Prime Minister Trudeau between 31 August 2020 and 10 September 2021 relating to COVID-19 vaccines were thematically analysed according to the Narrative Policy Framework. Results: The policy narratives of Scott Morrison and Justin Trudeau tended towards describing both governments as heroes for securing and rolling out vaccines. Trudeau tended to focus on the villain of COVID-19 while Morrison regularly described other countries as victims of COVID-19 to position Australia as superior in its decision-making. These findings also demonstrate how narratives shifted over time due to changing COVID-19 case numbers, emergence of rare complications associated with the AstraZeneca vaccine and as new information arose. Conclusion: These findings offer lessons for COVID-19 times as well as future pandemics and disease outbreaks by providing insight into how policy narratives influenced policy processes in both Australia and Canada.

Narrative Policy Framework: The Influence of Media Policy Narratives on Public Opinion

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
ELIZABETH A. SHANAHAN ◽  
MARK K. MCBETH ◽  
PAUL L. HATHAWAY
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Media Policy ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework

scholarly journals Stories in the agenda: a Narrative Policy Framework study

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1632-1653
Author(s):  
Damasio Duval Rodrigues Neto ◽  
Márcio Barcelos
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework

Abstract This study applies the “Narrative Policy Framework” (NPF) to the affirmative action policy process of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) and proposes theoretical intersection between the NPF and agenda setting literature, seeking to find out the role of policy narratives in policy processes. NPF is an empiric-oriented framework that posits that the policy-makers’ stories have generalizable components and are built and crafted in accordance to their ideas. These are policy narratives, and are at the center of the policy process. By analyzing formulation stages of public policy and referring to ideas and narratives, the NPF refers to the agenda setting literature and provides means for empirical research of agenda setting concepts. The study undertook analysis of regulatory outputs and semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate that policy narratives have affected institutional regulatory outputs regarding UFPel’s affirmative action policies.

Narrative Policy Framework: Narratives as heuristics in the policy process

Human Affairs ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Veselková
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Prior Beliefs ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
New Information ◽  
Process Theories ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework

AbstractThis paper discusses how the assumption that individuals and policy makers do not automatically update their prior beliefs with the new information has shaped policy process theories. Rather than the rational

Science, stories and the anti-vaccination movement

Human Affairs ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcela Veselková
Keyword(s):  
Policy Process ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Policy Issue ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Science Stories ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Mandatory Vaccination ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework ◽  
Positivist Approach

AbstractThis paper discusses the theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of the use or non-use of expert-based information in policy-making. Special attention is paid to the Narrative Policy Framework introduced by Jones & McBeth in 2010. This theory of the policy process adopts a quantitative, structuralist and positivist approach to the study of policy narratives. The Narrative Policy Framework is useful for the analysis of the use of expert-based information to resolve so-called wicked problems, which are characterized by intense value-based conflict between policy coalitions. The methodological approach of the Narrative Policy Framework is illustrated using the policy issue of mandatory vaccination.

scholarly journals Sanctuary Cities, Focusing Events, and the Solidarity Shift: A Standard Measurement of the Prevalence of Victims for the Narrative Policy Framework

10.15788/npf7 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Smith-Walter ◽  
◽  
Emily Fritz ◽  
Shannon O’Doherty ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
San Francisco ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
Narrative Strategies ◽  
Focusing Events ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
State And Local ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Immigration And Customs Enforcement ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework

Numerous state and local jurisdictions across the United States have adopted policies limiting their cooperation with federal deportation efforts carried out by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Sometimes referred to as “sanctuary cities,” these jurisdictions interpret federalism in a way that resists active participation in federal immigration enforcement. Employing the Narrative Policy Framework (NPF), we analyze 164 public consumption documents to examine policy narratives disseminated by interest groups engaged in the policy debate surrounding sanctuary cities between 2010 and 2017. Using data derived from a content analysis of these documents, we develop a new measure, the solidarity shift, to capture the prevalence of victims in policy narratives; we find there are significant differences in the narrative strategies employed by advocates and opponents of sanctuary jurisdictions, with opponents’ narratives demonstrating more active responses to external events and a higher proportion of victims, relative to other characters. We also find that the killing of Kathryn Steinle in San Francisco can be seen as a focusing event because of the narrative actions of anti-sanctuary city advocates and their reliance on the solidarity shift, which resulted in significant changes to anti-sanctuary city narrative strategies.

scholarly journals Crafting Resistance through Narratives in Afghanistan

2018 ◽  
Vol III (I) ◽  
pp. 17-31
Author(s):  
Tahir Ul Mulk Kahlon ◽  
Ghulam Qumber ◽  
Rafaqat Islam
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Belief System ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Policy System ◽  
Community Influence ◽  
The Public ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework ◽  
Resistance Forces

Narrative offers an evocative opportunity to understand the power of knowledge manipulation within the public policy system. Despite the influence of narratives in designing, formulating, and implementing of public policies, it is a relatively nascent concept in public policy studies.The war in Afghanistan truly represents a battle of narratives. This paper takes a Narrative Policy Framework (NPF) approach to explore the narratives used by resistance forces in Afghanistan within the belief system of a religion. It acknowledges that narratives matter and that by studying the same, one can construe their influence on policies. The paper finds that resistance groups such as the Taliban, mobilize support and operate in battlefields across Afghanistan; simultaneously bolstering their legitimacy and community influence garnering support from within and outside Afghanistan.

scholarly journals Histórias na agenda: uma aplicação do “Narrative Policy Framework”

2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1632-1653
Author(s):  
Damasio Duval Rodrigues Neto ◽  
Márcio Barcelos
Keyword(s):  
Affirmative Action ◽  
Policy Process ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Policy Framework ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Affirmative Action Policy ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Policy Narratives ◽  
Narrative Policy Framework

Abstract This study applies the “Narrative Policy Framework” (NPF) to the affirmative action policy process of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPEL) and proposes theoretical intersection between the NPF and agenda setting literature, seeking to find out the role of policy narratives in policy processes. NPF is an empiric-oriented framework that posits that the policy-makers’ stories have generalizable components and are built and crafted in accordance to their ideas. These are policy narratives, and are at the center of the policy process. By analyzing formulation stages of public policy and referring to ideas and narratives, the NPF refers to the agenda setting literature and provides means for empirical research of agenda setting concepts. The study undertook analysis of regulatory outputs and semi-structured interviews. Findings indicate that policy narratives have affected institutional regulatory outputs regarding UFPel’s affirmative action policies.

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