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In October 2001, a nation still shaken from the terrorist attacks of 9-11 was unnerved again after letters containing anthrax were sent through the mail. Over the following two months, five people were killed and 17 injured, mail service was crippled temporarily, and some federal buildings were evacuated. The deadliness of the anthrax, the fact that political officials and news anchors were among the intended victims, and the seeming inability of federal investigators to find the culprit intensified the anxiety. In August 2008, in a dramatic twist in one of the largest criminal investigations in U.S. history, a government microbiologist who had worked to develop a better anthrax vaccine committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to indict him in the case. His death prompted skepticism about whether the anthrax mystery had finally been solved. This study uses framing and the social amplification of risk as the theoretical framework to examine coverage of the investigation in different media organizations. The goal is to determine how the framing of media coverage was influenced by divergent perceptions of risk held by political officials involved in the investigation and media covering the story. |
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Name: Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference URL: http://www.indiana.edu/~mpsa/
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| Kruvand, Marjorie. "Risk, Trust, Balance, and Blame in Media Coverage of the Federal Anthrax Investigation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Apr 02, 2009 <Not Available>. 2009-11-10 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p360927_index.html> |
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| Kruvand, M. , 2009-04-02 "Risk, Trust, Balance, and Blame in Media Coverage of the Federal Anthrax Investigation" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association 67th Annual National Conference, The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2009-11-10 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p360927_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: In October 2001, a nation still shaken from the terrorist attacks of 9-11 was unnerved again after letters containing anthrax were sent through the mail. Over the following two months, five people were killed and 17 injured, mail service was crippled temporarily, and some federal buildings were evacuated. The deadliness of the anthrax, the fact that political officials and news anchors were among the intended victims, and the seeming inability of federal investigators to find the culprit intensified the anxiety. In August 2008, in a dramatic twist in one of the largest criminal investigations in U.S. history, a government microbiologist who had worked to develop a better anthrax vaccine committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to indict him in the case. His death prompted skepticism about whether the anthrax mystery had finally been solved. This study uses framing and the social amplification of risk as the theoretical framework to examine coverage of the investigation in different media organizations. The goal is to determine how the framing of media coverage was influenced by divergent perceptions of risk held by political officials involved in the investigation and media covering the story. |
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| Risk Trust Balance and Blame in Media Coverage of the Federal Anthrax Investigation One week after the terrorist attacks of September 11 2001 the first in a series of letters containing anthrax was sent through the U.S. mail unnerving a shaken nation yet again. In what was to become the first major bioterrorism incident in U.S. history five people were killed and 17 injured over the following two months mail service was crippled temporarily and several federal buildings including |
| of news reporting of a world health crisis. Asian Journal of Communication 15(3) 247-254. 30 Wilkins L. and Patterson P. (1991). Risky business: Communication issues of science risk and public policy. Westport CT: Greenwood Press. Williamson E. and Gorman S. (2008 Aug. 9). In anthrax case hindsight shifts view of Ivins. The Wall Street Journal A2. Winett L. B. and Lawrence R. G. (2005). The rest of the story: Public health the news and the 2001 anthrax attacks. Press/Politics |
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