The news media, the problem frame, and the production of fear
The news media, the problem frame, and the production of fear
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1533-8525.1997.tb00758.x
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发表时间：
1997-09-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Altheide, DL
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作者：
Altheide, DL
新闻媒体在促进公众话语的恐惧的作用进行检查。提供了一个概念模型，是基于通信格式和帧的最新发展。重点是媒体形式和框架的影响，以指导选择和提出强调恐惧的报告（例如，犯罪、毒品、暴力）。一个与形式和娱乐需求相适应的“问题框架”被新闻媒体用作道德剧的世俗版本。这促进了引起恐惧的信息。问题框架的作用被描述为促进强调恐惧和危险的广泛信息的过程的一部分。从一个定性的内容分析方法，“跟踪话语”，选定的新闻媒体的材料说明了如何在一段时间内的焦点和内容的“恐惧”的转变。概念和方法的影响，这种方法进行了讨论。它包括从一个角度转换到另一个角度的能力，以及在这个过程中建立对整个社会及其组成部分的适当看法的能力。
The role of the news media in promoting a public discourse of fear is examined. A conceptual model is offered that is based on recent developments in communication formats and frames. The emphasis is on the impact of media forms and frames for guiding the selection and presentation of reports emphasizing fear (e.g., crime, drugs, violence). A ''problem frame'' compatible with format and entertainment needs is used by the news media as a secular version of a morality play. This promotes messages that resonate fear. The role of the problem frame is described as part of the process for promoting widespread messages stressing fear and danger. Materials from a qualitative content analysis approach, ''tracking discourse,'' of selected news media illustrate how the focus and content of ''fear'' shifts over a period of time. Conceptual and methodological implications of this approach are discussed.The sociological imagination...consists of the capacity to shift from one perspective to another, and in the process to build up an adequate view of a total society and its components.