Source Interests, News Frames, and Risk Delineation: A Content Analysis of U.S. Newspapers' Coverage of Genetically Modified Food (1994-2015)

Xigen LI; Zerui LIANG; Xiaohua WU

Source Interests, News Frames, and Risk Delineation : A Content Analysis of U.S. Newspapers' Coverage of Genetically Modified Food (1994-2015)

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

1 Scopus Citations

Scopus Metrics

View graph of relations

Author(s)

Xigen LI
Zerui LIANG
Xiaohua WU

Related Research Unit(s)

Department of Media and Communication

Detail(s)

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3633-3654
Journal / Publication	International Journal of Communication
Volume	14
Publication status	Published - 2020

Link(s)

	Check@CityULib
Attachment(s)	Documents 71150175.pdf Final Published version, 320 KB, PDF Publisher's Copyright Statement This full text is made available under CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Document Link	Links https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/12303 Final Published version
Link to Scopus	https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85099602884&origin=recordpage
Permanent Link	https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(b95a20b0-d1e6-4309-ab49-d93189e64ea5).html

Abstract

Informed by agency-structure theory, this study examines how news source interests are associated with news frame, risk delineation, and balance of the coverage of genetically modified food. Through a content analysis of U.S. newspaper coverage of genetically modified food from 1994 to 2015, the study found that sources' interests were associated with news frame and risk delineation, but not balance of coverage. Disinterested sources were associated with the public interest frames more than the sources that had some embedded interest in the production and consumption of genetically modified food. Interested sources were associated with less risk delineation than disinterested sources. The findings suggest that sources do not influence news coverage only through their power status, but also from their embedded interests in the issues.

Research Area(s)

content analysis, agency-structure theory, genetically modified food, public interest, news source, frame analysis, MODIFIED ORGANISMS, MEDIA, BIOTECHNOLOGY, DEBATE, ELITE, INFORMATION, PERCEPTION, ATTENTION, MARKET

Bibliographic Note

Full text of this publication does not contain sufficient affiliation information. With consent from the author(s) concerned, the Research Unit(s) information for this record is based on the existing academic department affiliation of the author(s).