Framing Science: How Opioid Research Is Presented in Online News Media

Frontiers in Communication

Alice Fleerackers¹  Lisa Matthias³  Juan Pablo Alperin⁴ 

[1] Interdisciplinary Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada;Political Science Department, John F. Kennedy Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Scholarly Communications Lab, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada;School of Publishing, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada;

关键词: framing;    journalism;    health communication;    opioid;    digital news;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fcomm.2020.00064

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Popular news media play an instrumental role in shaping public perception of issues like the opioid crisis. Using a detailed coding instrument, we analyzed how opioid-related scholarly publications were covered in 149 news stories published by nine major US and Canadian online news outlets at the height of the crisis. We find that a small proportion of available studies receive coverage, mostly within issue-focused rather than science communication news stories. While most studies are framed as established “facts,” stories rarely provide sufficient information for news consumers to critically evaluate the validity of the research. Potential implications for science communication and public perception of the opioid crisis are discussed.

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