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Framing the EU Referendum Question

Geoff Riley

1st September 2015

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Framing a question or offering in a different way often generates a new response by changing the comparison set it is viewed in. Examples include the framing of privacy settings on social networks and framing used when including presumed consent for human organ donations. Framing has shot into prominence once again with confirmation of the question for the UK's EU referendum due tone held sometime in 2016.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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