The media and behavioral genetics: Alternatives coexisting with addiction genetics.
Sci Technol Human Values
; 40(4): 459-486, 2015 Jul 01.
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in En
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| ID: mdl-26392644
ABSTRACT
To understand public discourse in the U.S. on genetic causation of behavioral disorders, we analyzed media representations of genetic research on addiction published between 1990 and 2010. We conclude first that the media simplistically represent biological bases of addiction and willpower as being mutually exclusive behaviors are either genetically determined, or they are a choice. Second, most articles provide only cursory or no treatment of the environmental contribution. A media focus on genetics directs attention away from environmental factors. Rhetorically, media neglect the complexity underlying of the etiology of addiction and direct focus back toward individual causation and responsibility.
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MEDLINE
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En
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Sci Technol Human Values
Journal subject:
CIENCIA
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
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ETICA
Year:
2015
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Article
Affiliation country:
United States