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	Semantic Network Analysis	Framing Analysis
Field	Communication	Communication
Family	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
Year of origin	1999	1993
Originator	George Barnett, Marya Doerfel, Steven Corman (communication applications)	Robert M. Entman (synthesis); roots in Goffman, Tuchman, Gitlin
Type	Network representation of concepts and their co-occurrence in text	Interpretive-quantitative analysis of how messages select and emphasize aspects of reality
Seminal source	Corman, S. R., Kuhn, T., McPhee, R. D., & Dooley, K. J. (2002). Studying complex discursive systems: Centering resonance analysis of communication. Human Communication Research, 28(2), 157–206.	Entman, R. M. (1993). Framing: Toward clarification of a fractured paradigm. Journal of Communication, 43(4), 51–58.
Aliases	Text network analysis, Concept co-occurrence network analysis, Centering resonance analysis, Anlamsal Ağ Analizi	Frame analysis, Media framing analysis method, Frame mapping, Çerçeveleme Analizi
Related	4	5
Summary	Semantic network analysis represents the meaning of a text or corpus as a network of concepts connected by their co-occurrence or grammatical proximity, then uses network-analytic measures to reveal which ideas are central, how concepts cluster, and how shared meaning is structured. In communication research it is the standard way to map the conceptual architecture of media coverage, organizational discourse, and public conversation at scale.	Framing analysis is a communication research method for studying how messages select certain aspects of a perceived reality and make them more salient — promoting a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and treatment recommendation. Building on Robert Entman's influential 1993 synthesis, it moves beyond counting what is present to reconstructing the organizing ideas, or frames, that give media coverage its meaning and persuasive shape.