"To booze or not to booze?": Newspaper coverage of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders

Colleen Connolly-Ahern, S. Camille Broadway

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Abstract

This article reports the results of a qualitative framing analysis of the coverage of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The findings indicate that media discourse about FASD is characterized by differing story types and competing frames. The study also documents the recent emergence of a new frame in opposition to the prevailing abstinence frame in health coverage. This frame has shown physicians to be conflicted in their advice about drinking during pregnancy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)362-385
Number of pages24
JournalScience Communication
Volume29
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2008

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Sociology and Political Science

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