TY - JOUR
T1 - U.S. media coverage of Brittany Maynard’s choice to die
T2 - how ideology and framing converged
AU - Lauffer, Kimberly
AU - Baker, Sean
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/5/26
Y1 - 2020/5/26
N2 - In 2014 Brittany Maynard, 29, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, moved from California to Oregon, one of few U.S. states with legal aid in dying, so she could determine when and how she would die. We used theoretical constructs of framing, ideology, and hegemony as we inductively identified frames that emerged from the coverage in prominent U.S. publications and contextualized them within existing hegemonic attitudes. Although news frames initially focused on an event (her decision), they eventually covered thematic issues underlying her decision. Overall, frames reflected existing and changing ideological beliefs about aid in dying.
AB - In 2014 Brittany Maynard, 29, diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, moved from California to Oregon, one of few U.S. states with legal aid in dying, so she could determine when and how she would die. We used theoretical constructs of framing, ideology, and hegemony as we inductively identified frames that emerged from the coverage in prominent U.S. publications and contextualized them within existing hegemonic attitudes. Although news frames initially focused on an event (her decision), they eventually covered thematic issues underlying her decision. Overall, frames reflected existing and changing ideological beliefs about aid in dying.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066291676&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15456870.2019.1616739
DO - 10.1080/15456870.2019.1616739
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85066291676
SN - 1545-6870
VL - 28
SP - 180
EP - 193
JO - Atlantic Journal of Communication
JF - Atlantic Journal of Communication
IS - 3
ER -
