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    37. News media and technological risks: the case of pesticides after "Silent Spring"

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    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Gunter, Valerie J. (author)
    Format:
    Journal article
    Publication Date:
    2005
    Published:
    USA: Midwest Sociological Society.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 201 Document Number: D11799
    Journal Title:
    Sociological Quarterly
    Journal Title Details:
    46 : 671-698
    Notes:
    Online via UI electronic subscription., This article reports on a study of the relative weight of attention given by the New York Times newspaper to alarming or reassuring messages about pesticides in the immediate aftermath of Silent Spring. Three models of media coverage are examined: conflict theory, sensationalism, and problem frame. Analysis revealed a complicated pattern of coverage which first highlighted, then downplayed, risk.