:books: K+T
:STAR: the way in which a policy problem is defined is consequential for all subsequent policy stages
:star: problem definition is not predominantly about pointing the existence of an objective issue but is an endogenous construct and thereby the subject of social conflict between supporters and opponents. Each of these groups can employ various devices to increase or reduce the public's attention towards certain problems.
:star: public attention can be increased or decreased by framing, which can refer to the causality, severity, proximity, crises, incidence, novelty, and problem populations for any particular policy problem