ABSTRACT Anita Hill’s testimony against Clarence Thomas in 1991 called attention to widespread sexual abuse in the US. Testimony from Christine Blasey Ford against Thomas Kavanaugh 27 years later underscored the lack of progress in its eradication. Using the cascading network activation model, this study identifies the episodic and thematic framing of both cases in relation to top-down influencers. A content analysis (N = 901) of US newspapers and TV networks showed episodic framing dominated coverage in both cases. Both Bush and Trump successfully emphasized their nominee as deserving of SCOTUS. Trump also significantly contributed to the negative framing of Blasey Ford. Thematically, Republican-led framing focused on American values and maintaining the rule of law, whereas Democratic-led framing concentrated on raising awareness to the systemic problem of sexual abuse and threat the nominee posed to progressive rights. News coverage included challenging both presidents, but only for a total of 15.9% for Trump and 10.7% for Bush. On the other hand, Hill was challenged in 40.5% and Blasey Ford in 73% of news coverage. In sum, even with strong opposition, the cascade model’s success indicates that White House messaging continues to usurp social justice issues.

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Christine Blasey Ford 和 Anita Hill 案件中的总统框架

摘要 Anita Hill 在 1991 年对 Clarence Thomas 的证词引起了人们对美国普遍存在的性虐待的关注。27 年后，克里斯汀·布莱西·福特 (Christine Blasey Ford) 对托马斯·卡瓦诺 (Thomas Kavanaugh) 的证词强调了在根除该病毒方面缺乏进展。本研究使用级联网络激活模型，确定了与自上而下的影响者相关的两个案例的情节和主题框架。对美国报纸和电视网络的内容分析 (N = 901) 显示，在这两种情况下，情节框架都占主导地位。布什和特朗普都成功地强调了他们的提名人值得 SCOTUS。特朗普还对布莱西福特的负面框架做出了重大贡献。在主题上，共和党领导的框架侧重于美国价值观和维护法治，而民主党领导的框架集中于提高对性虐待的系统性问题的认识，并威胁被提名人对进步权利构成的威胁。新闻报道包括挑战两位总统，但只有 15.9% 的特朗普和 10.7% 的布什。另一方面，希尔在 40.5% 的新闻报道中受到挑战，布莱西福特在 73% 的新闻报道中受到挑战。总之，即使遭到强烈反对，级联模型的成功也表明白宫的信息传递继续篡夺社会正义问题。