Framing BSE: Canadian news coverage of Canadian-born cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)

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dc.contributor.authorCram, Stephanie Marie
dc.contributor.supervisorHier, Sean P.
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-07T16:23:31Z
dc.date.available2010-09-07T16:23:31Z
dc.date.copyright2010en
dc.date.issued2010-09-07T16:23:31Z
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Sociology
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is a critical examination of newspaper coverage of Canadian-born cases of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) discovered between May 2003 and December 2005. Data for the thesis has been compiled from three newspapers: the Edmonton Journal, the Calgary Herald, and the Globe & Mail. The Alberta newspapers were chosen for their proximity to the BSE discoveries, and the Globe & Mail was chosen for the national focus of its coverage. Using Fairclough’s method of ordering discourses, I examine three discourses prominently featured in the coverage: the political discourse, the science discourse, and the socio-cultural discourse. I analyse the three discourses independently, incorporating relevant theory to further explicate the discourses. The primary focus of the thesis is on the newspaper coverage of the first Canadian-born BSE case, but newspaper coverage of additional discoveries are included to examine how the BSE media package changed over time.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/3030
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectCritical discourse analysisen
dc.subjectBSEen
dc.subjectMad Cow Diseaseen
dc.subjectMedia representationen
dc.subjectFaircloughen
dc.subject.lcshUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Sociologyen
dc.titleFraming BSE: Canadian news coverage of Canadian-born cases of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)en
dc.typeThesisen

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