Presidential framing in the 21st century news media: the politics of the Affordable Care Act

1. Presidential framing in the 21st century news media -- 2. What's in a name? Taking back "Obamacare" -- 3. The politics of framing policy substance : tax or penalty? -- 4. Bumpy rollout, faulty framing : HealthCare.gov's debut -- 5. Portraying presidential pledges and dropped plans -- 6. Of socialized medicine and death panels : framing contests over health-care reform in comparative perspective -- 7. Conclusion.

Presidential framing in the 21st Century news media- Front Cover -- Presidential framing in the 21st Century news media -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1: Presidential Framing in the 21st Century News Media -- Reconsidering Presidential Framing and the News -- An Important but Little Explored Case -- The Presidency, Public Leadership, and the Contemporary Media Environment -- Presidential Framing, Framing Contests, and the News -- Plan of the Book -- Note -- References -- Chapter 2: What's in a Name? Taking Back "Obamacare" -- Inventing "Obamacare" -- Reappropriating "Obamacare" -- An Uphill Battle for Presidential Framing -- "Obamacare" in the News before and after the "I Like Obamacare" Campaign -- December 2011 to March 2012: Differences in Usage, but Alike in Negativity -- March to June 2012: Less Negative, More Objective? -- The ACA over Time: Increasingly Known as "Obamacare"? -- A Look at Public Opinion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: The Politics of Framing Policy Substance: Tax or Penalty? -- The Supreme Court: Potential Challenger to Presidential Framing? -- The Competing Frames -- Framing the Individual Mandate in the News -- The Rarity of Policy Substance Coverage -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Bumpy Rollout, Faulty Framing: HealthCare.gov's Debut -- Website Launches, Government Shuts Down -- Spreading the President's Frames, with Some Revisions over Time -- The Republican Framing of HealthCare.gov -- Presidential Frames Prove Lacking -- HealthCare.gov News Coverage: A Damaging Story Becomes More So over Time -- "Obama's Katrina" -- The Twitterverse Reaction to "Obama's Katrina" -- Public Opinion and the Framing Contest -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Portraying Presidential Pledges and Dropped Plans