New website provides daily resource of information and background articles
Ottawa (7 June 2007) - A new website created specifically to track the Harper Conservatives, and the way they attempt to frame political issues for public consumption, is now part of Canadian political cyberspace.
HarperIndex.ca is an online information service inspired by the views of American professor, book author and political advisor George Lakoff and others. It was officially launched in Ottawa this week.
Lakoff claims the way issues are framed is as important as the issues themselves.
HarperIndex.ca managing editor Ish Theilheimer says the site will counter the way Conservatives frame issues with responses based on public values.
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| NUPGE President James Clancy with Ish Theilheimer |
"This is a new kind of journalism," says Theilheimer. "The website focuses on the persuasion techniques used by the Harper Conservatives as they attempt to get majority support. We provide the public with information, and we make recommendations to those who oppose Harper's agenda as to how they might counter his persuasion tactics and frames."
The site adds new content daily, adding continuously to an "index" of background articles on Harper and the Conservatives.
HarperIndex.ca is a partnership of the on-line news magazine StraightGoods.ca, the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE), and other partners. NUPGE
More information:
? HarperIndex.ca
? George Lakoff tells why progressives lose to Conservatives
? Progressive activists must learn to 'frame' key messages
? Rockridge Institute
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