Newspaper coverage of Colorado’s 2016 End of Life Options Act

Kimberly A. Lauffer; Sean Baker; Natalee K. Seely

doi:10.1177/0739532920950031

Newspaper coverage of Colorado’s 2016 End of Life Options Act

Kimberly A. Lauffer, Sean Baker, Natalee K. Seely

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Abstract

Since 2014, several states have introduced and passed legislation permitting aid in dying. In Colorado, Proposition 106, the End of Life Options Act, passed November 8, 2016, with 65% of Coloradans approving the law. The kind and tone of content newspapers include and omit regarding contentious issues like end-of-life legislation is important because these representations reflect and influence public opinion. This study found a relationship between item type and overall stance, as well as a difference in the content produced by journalists and laypersons or columnists.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	260-278
Number of pages	19
Journal	Newspaper Research Journal
Volume	41
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0739532920950031
State	Published - Sep 1 2020

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Colorado
aid in dying
framing
newspapers
public opinion
quantitative analysis

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