An exploratory study of the impact of news headlines on genetic determinism

被引：53

作者：

Condit, CM

Ferguson, A

Kassel, R

Thadhani, C

Gooding, HC

Parrott, R

机构：

[1] Univ Georgia, Dept Speech Commun, Athens, GA 30602 USA

[2] NHGRI, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA

[3] Penn State Univ, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

来源：

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION | 2001年 / 22卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1177/1075547001022004002

中图分类号：

G2 [信息与知识传播];

学科分类号：

05 ; 0503 ;

摘要：

Critics have suggested that news headlines about generics with inappropriately deterministic content will produce increased levels of determinism in the public er en when news article contents are not highly deterministic. This might result from a replacement effect (headlines stand in for the content of the article because few people read it fully) or from framing effect (headlines frame the interpretation of the article content). A quantitative e impact study and an interview method were used to rest the impact of the framing effect in a news article on genes and diabetes. This exploratory study found no support for a framing effect. Directions for future research are discussed.

引用

页码：379 / 395

页数：17

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