No Cure for what Ails US: The Media-Constructed Disconnect between Societal Problems and Possible Solutions
No Cure for what Ails US: The Media-Constructed Disconnect between Societal Problems and Possible Solutions
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美国的困扰无法治愈：媒体造成的社会问题与可能的解决方案之间的脱节
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2004
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Linda Jean Kensicki
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作者：
Linda Jean Kensicki
这项研究在1995年到2000年的300篇新闻文章中考察了三个社会问题的属性——污染、贫困和监禁。报道绝大多数都没有指出每个问题的具体原因、结果或负责任的代理人，而且很少提到非营利公民组织或个人层面的术语“环保主义者”、“活动家”和“倡导者”。媒体报道也没有讨论解决这些问题的可能性，也没有报道任何呼吁读者采取行动的呼吁。由于社会问题、非营利性公民组织活动和个人行为之间缺乏联系，媒体内容可能助长了政治冷漠。
This research examined attributes of three social problems—pollution, poverty, and incarceration—in 300 news articles from 1995 to 2000. Coverage overwhelmingly indicated no specific cause, effect, or responsible agent for each problem, and rarely mentioned nonprofit citizen organizations or the individual-level terms “environmentalist,” “activist,” and “advocate” in content. Media coverage also did not discuss any likelihood that these problems could be solved and did not report any calls for reader action. Media content may have promoted political apathy due to a lack of connection between the social problem, nonprofit citizen organization activities, and individual behavior.