Frames about Nanotechnology Agenda in Turkish Media, 2005-2009
As the new industrial revolution advances in the
nanotechnology have been followed with interest throughout the
world and also in Turkey. Media has an important role in conveying
these advances to public, rising public awareness and creating
attitudes related to nanotechnology. As well as representing how a
subject is treated, media frames determine how public think about
this subject. In literature definite frames related to nanoscience and
nanotechnology such as process, regulation, conflict and risks were
mentioned in studies focusing different countries. So how
nanotechnology news is treated by which frames and in which news
categories in Turkey as a one of developing countries? In this study
examining different variables about nanotechnology that affect
public attitudes such as category, frame, story tone, source in Turkish
media via framing analysis developed in agenda setting studies was
aimed. In the analysis data between 2005 and 2009 obtained from the
first five national newspapers with wide circulation in Turkey will be
used. In this study the direction of the media about nanotechnology,
in which frames nanotechnologic advances brought to agenda were
reported as news, and sectoral, legal, economic and social scenes
reflected by these frames to public related to nanotechnology in
Turkey were planned.
[1] T. C. Devezas, H. A. Linstone and J.S. Santos Humberto, "The Growth
Dynamics of The Internet and The Long Wave Theory". Technological
Forecasting & Social Change, vol. 72, 2005, pp. 913-935.
[2] S. Arnaldi, "Converging Technologies in The Italian Daily Press 2002-
2006: Preliminary Results of An Ongoing Research Project".
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, Vol.21/1,
2008, pp. 87-94.
[3] J. Canton, "The Impact of Convergent Technologies and the Future of
Business and The Economy". in Converging Technologies For
Improving Human Performance - Nanotechnology, Biotechnology,
Information Technology and Cognitive Science. M Roco & W.S.
Bainbridge, Eds. National Science Foundation Report. USA: World
Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) Inc., 2002, pp. 61-68.
[4] G. Gaskell, T.T. Eyck, J. Jackson, and G. Veltri, "Imagining
nanotechnology: Cultural support for technological innovation in Europe
and the United States". Public Understanding Science. Vol.14, 2005, pp.
81-90.
[5] L. F. Stephens, "News Narratives about Nano S&T in Major U.S. and
Non-U.S. Newspapers", Science Communication, vol. 27, 2005, pp.
175-199.
[6] "Venture Capital Funding of Nanotechnology", ObservatoryNano
Report, 2009, pp. 1-14. http://www.observatorynano.eu/project/file
system/files/Economics_VentureCapital_fullversion.pdf.
[7] RNCOS Nanotechnology Market Forecast Report 2013, March 2010.
http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM185.htm.
[8] A. Laing, "A report on Canadian and American news media coverage of
nanotechnology issues", pp. 88-98. www.nanotechproject.org/file_
download/25.
[9] "Preparing for our future: Developing a common strategy for key
enabling technologies in the EU", Commission of the European
Communities Report, 2009, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict
/files/communication_key_enabling_technologies_sec1257_en.pdf.
[10] J. Macoubrie, "Informed Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology and
Trust in Government", The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Nan
otechnologies/Nanotech_0905.pdf.
[11] "EU-funded study: nanotechnology decision-making needs greater
public involvement", 2009, http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER
=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&DOC=31&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=0127b
b81d1ba:e4b2:7cbdeb35&RCN=31300.
[12] T. Listerman, "Framing of science issues in opinion-leading news:
international comparison of biotechnology issue coverage", Public
Understanding of Science, vol.19, 2010, pp. 5-15.
[13] A. Petersen, A. Anderson, S. Allan and C. Wilkinson, "Opening the
black box: scientists- views on the role of the news media in the
nanotechnology debate", Public Understanding of Science, 2009, vol.18,
pp. 512-530.
[14] B. Faber, "Popularizing Nanoscience: The Public Rhetoric of
Nanotechnology, 1986-1999", Technical Communication Quarterly,
2009, vol. 15, no.2, pp.141-169.
[15] T. Sheetz, J. Vidal, T. D. Pearson, K. Lozano, "Nanotechnology:
Awareness and societal concerns", Technology in Society, 2005, vol. 27,
pp. 329-345.
[16] L. F. Stephens, "News Narratives about Nano S&T in Major U.S. and
Non-U.S. Newspapers", Science Communication, vol. 27, 2005, pp.
175-199.
[17] Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Report, "Positive image of
nanotechnology in the media", 2008, http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/26907.
[18] M. C. Nisbet and C. Money, "Science and Society: Framing Science",
Science, vol. 316, 2007, pp. 56.
[19] M. C. Nisbet, D. Brossard and A. Kroepsch, "Framing Science: The
Stem Cell Controversy in an Age of Press/Politics", The Harvard
International Journal of Press/Politics, 2003, vol.8, pp. 36-70.
[20] "Q&A: Professor provides analysis of work on nanotechnology
research", 2008, http://www.news.wisc.edu/16060.
[21] M. D. Cobb and J. Macoubrie, "Public perceptions about
nanotechnology: Risks, benefits and trust", Journal of Nanoparticle
Research, 2004, vol. 6, pp. 395-405.
[22] D. A. Scheufele and B. V. Lewenstein, "The public and nanotechnology:
How citizens make sense of emerging Technologies", Journal of
Nanoparticle Research, 2005, vol.7, pp. 659-667.
[23] "Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties",
The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering Report, 2004,
http://www.cst.gov.uk/business/files/nano-report-2004-fin.pdf, p. xi.
[24] Y. Fujita, "Perception of nanotechnology among general public in
Japan", NRI Nanotechnology and Public Survey Project, Asia Pacific
Nanotech Weekly, 2006, no.4, http://www.nanoworld.jp/apnw/
articles/library4/pdf/4-6.pdf.
[25] "Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology and Synthetic
Biology", Project On Emerging Nanotechnologies, The Woodrow
Wilson International Center For Scholars, 2008,
www.nanotechproject.org/process/assets/files/7040/finalsynbioreport.
pdf.
[26] R. Entman, "Framing: Toward Clarification of A Fractured Paradigm"
Journal of Communication, 1993, vol:43, no:4, pp. 51-58.
[27] M. McCombs, "A Look at Agenda-Setting Theory: Past, Present and
Future", Journalism Studies, 2005, vol:6, no:4, pp. 543-557.
[28] J. N. Bostick, "Second-Level Agenda-Setting and Political Advertising:
A Content Analysis of the Framing Dimensions by The 2004
Presidential Candidates", A Thesis in Mass Communications, The
Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University, May 2005,
http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-05052005-202937/unrestricted/
thesis_merged.pdf, p. 15.
[29] K. Hallahan, "Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public
Relations", Journal of Public Relations Research, 1999, vol:11, no:3, pp.
205-242.
[30] A. Yagade and D. M. Dozier, "The Media Agenda Setting Effects of
Concrete Versus Abstract Issues", Journalism Quarterly, 1990, vol:67,
pp. 3-10.
[31] S. Ghanem, "Filling In The Tapestry: The Second Level Of Agenda
Setting", in Communication And Democracy: Exploring The Intellectual
Frontiers in Agenda-Setting Theory, M. McCombs, D. Shaw, D.
Weaver, Eds. Mahwah, NewJersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
1997, pp. 3-14.
[32] C. Lee And D. A. Scheufele, "The Influence of Knowledge And
Deference Toward Scientific Authority: A Media Effects Model For
Public Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology", ]&MC Quarterly, vol. 83,
no. 4, 2006, pp. 819-834.
[33] A. I. Arias, "The Media Coverage of Nanotechnology", NNIN REU
Research Accomplishments, 2004, pp. 18-19.
[34] Z. Pan and G. M. Kosicki, "Framing analysis: An approach to news
discourse", Political Communication, vol.10, 1993, pp. 55-75.
[35] D. A. Weaver, E. Lively and B. Bimber, "Searching for a Frame: News
Media Tell the Story of Technological Progress, Risk, and Regulation",
Science Communication, vol.31, 2009, pp: 139-166.
[36] R. S. Kjærgaard, "Making a small country count: nanotechnology in
Danish newspapers from 1996 to 2006", Public Understanding of
Science, vol.19, no.1, 2010, pp. 80-97.
[37] S.M. Friedman and B.P. Egolf, "Nanotechnology: Risk and the Media",
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2005, pp. 5-11.
[38] J. Simons, R. Zimmer, C. Vierboom, I. Ha┬¿rlen, R. Hertel and G. F. Böl,
"The slings and arrows of communication on nanotechnology", Journal
of Nanopart Res,, 2009, vol. 11, pp. 1555-1571.
[1] T. C. Devezas, H. A. Linstone and J.S. Santos Humberto, "The Growth
Dynamics of The Internet and The Long Wave Theory". Technological
Forecasting & Social Change, vol. 72, 2005, pp. 913-935.
[2] S. Arnaldi, "Converging Technologies in The Italian Daily Press 2002-
2006: Preliminary Results of An Ongoing Research Project".
Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, Vol.21/1,
2008, pp. 87-94.
[3] J. Canton, "The Impact of Convergent Technologies and the Future of
Business and The Economy". in Converging Technologies For
Improving Human Performance - Nanotechnology, Biotechnology,
Information Technology and Cognitive Science. M Roco & W.S.
Bainbridge, Eds. National Science Foundation Report. USA: World
Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) Inc., 2002, pp. 61-68.
[4] G. Gaskell, T.T. Eyck, J. Jackson, and G. Veltri, "Imagining
nanotechnology: Cultural support for technological innovation in Europe
and the United States". Public Understanding Science. Vol.14, 2005, pp.
81-90.
[5] L. F. Stephens, "News Narratives about Nano S&T in Major U.S. and
Non-U.S. Newspapers", Science Communication, vol. 27, 2005, pp.
175-199.
[6] "Venture Capital Funding of Nanotechnology", ObservatoryNano
Report, 2009, pp. 1-14. http://www.observatorynano.eu/project/file
system/files/Economics_VentureCapital_fullversion.pdf.
[7] RNCOS Nanotechnology Market Forecast Report 2013, March 2010.
http://www.rncos.com/Report/IM185.htm.
[8] A. Laing, "A report on Canadian and American news media coverage of
nanotechnology issues", pp. 88-98. www.nanotechproject.org/file_
download/25.
[9] "Preparing for our future: Developing a common strategy for key
enabling technologies in the EU", Commission of the European
Communities Report, 2009, http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/ict
/files/communication_key_enabling_technologies_sec1257_en.pdf.
[10] J. Macoubrie, "Informed Public Perceptions of Nanotechnology and
Trust in Government", The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, the
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 2005.
http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/Nan
otechnologies/Nanotech_0905.pdf.
[11] "EU-funded study: nanotechnology decision-making needs greater
public involvement", 2009, http://cordis.europa.eu/fetch?CALLER
=EN_NEWS&ACTION=D&DOC=31&CAT=NEWS&QUERY=0127b
b81d1ba:e4b2:7cbdeb35&RCN=31300.
[12] T. Listerman, "Framing of science issues in opinion-leading news:
international comparison of biotechnology issue coverage", Public
Understanding of Science, vol.19, 2010, pp. 5-15.
[13] A. Petersen, A. Anderson, S. Allan and C. Wilkinson, "Opening the
black box: scientists- views on the role of the news media in the
nanotechnology debate", Public Understanding of Science, 2009, vol.18,
pp. 512-530.
[14] B. Faber, "Popularizing Nanoscience: The Public Rhetoric of
Nanotechnology, 1986-1999", Technical Communication Quarterly,
2009, vol. 15, no.2, pp.141-169.
[15] T. Sheetz, J. Vidal, T. D. Pearson, K. Lozano, "Nanotechnology:
Awareness and societal concerns", Technology in Society, 2005, vol. 27,
pp. 329-345.
[16] L. F. Stephens, "News Narratives about Nano S&T in Major U.S. and
Non-U.S. Newspapers", Science Communication, vol. 27, 2005, pp.
175-199.
[17] Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) Report, "Positive image of
nanotechnology in the media", 2008, http://www.bfr.bund.de/cd/26907.
[18] M. C. Nisbet and C. Money, "Science and Society: Framing Science",
Science, vol. 316, 2007, pp. 56.
[19] M. C. Nisbet, D. Brossard and A. Kroepsch, "Framing Science: The
Stem Cell Controversy in an Age of Press/Politics", The Harvard
International Journal of Press/Politics, 2003, vol.8, pp. 36-70.
[20] "Q&A: Professor provides analysis of work on nanotechnology
research", 2008, http://www.news.wisc.edu/16060.
[21] M. D. Cobb and J. Macoubrie, "Public perceptions about
nanotechnology: Risks, benefits and trust", Journal of Nanoparticle
Research, 2004, vol. 6, pp. 395-405.
[22] D. A. Scheufele and B. V. Lewenstein, "The public and nanotechnology:
How citizens make sense of emerging Technologies", Journal of
Nanoparticle Research, 2005, vol.7, pp. 659-667.
[23] "Nanoscience and nanotechnologies: opportunities and uncertainties",
The Royal Society & The Royal Academy of Engineering Report, 2004,
http://www.cst.gov.uk/business/files/nano-report-2004-fin.pdf, p. xi.
[24] Y. Fujita, "Perception of nanotechnology among general public in
Japan", NRI Nanotechnology and Public Survey Project, Asia Pacific
Nanotech Weekly, 2006, no.4, http://www.nanoworld.jp/apnw/
articles/library4/pdf/4-6.pdf.
[25] "Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology and Synthetic
Biology", Project On Emerging Nanotechnologies, The Woodrow
Wilson International Center For Scholars, 2008,
www.nanotechproject.org/process/assets/files/7040/finalsynbioreport.
pdf.
[26] R. Entman, "Framing: Toward Clarification of A Fractured Paradigm"
Journal of Communication, 1993, vol:43, no:4, pp. 51-58.
[27] M. McCombs, "A Look at Agenda-Setting Theory: Past, Present and
Future", Journalism Studies, 2005, vol:6, no:4, pp. 543-557.
[28] J. N. Bostick, "Second-Level Agenda-Setting and Political Advertising:
A Content Analysis of the Framing Dimensions by The 2004
Presidential Candidates", A Thesis in Mass Communications, The
Graduate Faculty of Texas Tech University, May 2005,
http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-05052005-202937/unrestricted/
thesis_merged.pdf, p. 15.
[29] K. Hallahan, "Seven Models of Framing: Implications for Public
Relations", Journal of Public Relations Research, 1999, vol:11, no:3, pp.
205-242.
[30] A. Yagade and D. M. Dozier, "The Media Agenda Setting Effects of
Concrete Versus Abstract Issues", Journalism Quarterly, 1990, vol:67,
pp. 3-10.
[31] S. Ghanem, "Filling In The Tapestry: The Second Level Of Agenda
Setting", in Communication And Democracy: Exploring The Intellectual
Frontiers in Agenda-Setting Theory, M. McCombs, D. Shaw, D.
Weaver, Eds. Mahwah, NewJersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
1997, pp. 3-14.
[32] C. Lee And D. A. Scheufele, "The Influence of Knowledge And
Deference Toward Scientific Authority: A Media Effects Model For
Public Attitudes Toward Nanotechnology", ]&MC Quarterly, vol. 83,
no. 4, 2006, pp. 819-834.
[33] A. I. Arias, "The Media Coverage of Nanotechnology", NNIN REU
Research Accomplishments, 2004, pp. 18-19.
[34] Z. Pan and G. M. Kosicki, "Framing analysis: An approach to news
discourse", Political Communication, vol.10, 1993, pp. 55-75.
[35] D. A. Weaver, E. Lively and B. Bimber, "Searching for a Frame: News
Media Tell the Story of Technological Progress, Risk, and Regulation",
Science Communication, vol.31, 2009, pp: 139-166.
[36] R. S. Kjærgaard, "Making a small country count: nanotechnology in
Danish newspapers from 1996 to 2006", Public Understanding of
Science, vol.19, no.1, 2010, pp. 80-97.
[37] S.M. Friedman and B.P. Egolf, "Nanotechnology: Risk and the Media",
IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 2005, pp. 5-11.
[38] J. Simons, R. Zimmer, C. Vierboom, I. Ha┬¿rlen, R. Hertel and G. F. Böl,
"The slings and arrows of communication on nanotechnology", Journal
of Nanopart Res,, 2009, vol. 11, pp. 1555-1571.
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nanotechnology have been followed with interest throughout the
world and also in Turkey. Media has an important role in conveying
these advances to public, rising public awareness and creating
attitudes related to nanotechnology. As well as representing how a
subject is treated, media frames determine how public think about
this subject. In literature definite frames related to nanoscience and
nanotechnology such as process, regulation, conflict and risks were
mentioned in studies focusing different countries. So how
nanotechnology news is treated by which frames and in which news
categories in Turkey as a one of developing countries? In this study
examining different variables about nanotechnology that affect
public attitudes such as category, frame, story tone, source in Turkish
media via framing analysis developed in agenda setting studies was
aimed. In the analysis data between 2005 and 2009 obtained from the
first five national newspapers with wide circulation in Turkey will be
used. In this study the direction of the media about nanotechnology,
in which frames nanotechnologic advances brought to agenda were
reported as news, and sectoral, legal, economic and social scenes
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