Characterisations & Framing - Advanced Training Debate Workshop: Week 4

Presentation by Jacklin Kwan and Lucie Slamova. With thanks to Areeb from Sheffield Debating for helping out. Delivered over Zoom for the Manchester Debating Union on 19/10/2020. You can find a PDF of the presentation on the slides & recordings database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/... 0:00 - Start 1:10 - What are characterisations and framing? 2:49 - Why you should do them (well) 6:10 - Principles of characterisations 16:08 - What to characterise 18:40 - Structuring characterisations 23:40 - Example: Kazakhstan motion 29:00 - Employing characterisations 32:10 - Exercise: Sexual education motion 41:15 - Rebutting characterisations 47:04 - Characterisations as a winning strategy Links Website - http://mdu.manchester.ac.uk Facebook -   / manchesterde.  . Facebook Group -   / mdume.  . Twitter -   / mdunion   Instagram -   / manchesterdebating