Medical Cannabis: A Framing Analysis of Israeli Newspaper Coverage

Nehama Lewis; Doron Broitman; Sharon R. Sznitman

doi:10.1177/1075547015608507

Medical Cannabis: A Framing Analysis of Israeli Newspaper Coverage

Nehama Lewis, Doron Broitman, Sharon R. Sznitman

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Abstract

Medical cannabis is a topic of increasing debate. To investigate this issue, we conducted a content analysis of Israeli news coverage of medical cannabis from 2007 to 2013. A deductive framing analysis examined three elite issue frames—medical, policy, and law enforcement. Additionally, inductive analysis revealed a a fourth, nonelite patients’ frame. Each frame was associated with a distinct pattern of textual elements, including portrayal of patients, references to cannabis, opinion about medical cannabis, and salience of scientific research. The most common and most stable frame was the policy frame. Implications for framing theory are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	675-702
Number of pages	28
Journal	Science Communication
Volume	37
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547015608507
State	Published - 1 Dec 2015

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the University of Haifa’s Department of Research and by an Israeli Pfizer Health Policy grant.

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Keywords

framing
health communication
mass media
science

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Sociology and Political Science

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