The Media and Behavioral Genetics

Alternatives Coexisting with Addiction Genetics

Dados Bibliográficos

ID5337994
AutoresMolly J Dingel (0000-0001-9265-3153, University of Minnesota Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA, autor correspondente), Jenny Ostergren (Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA), Jenny E Ostergren (University of Michigan), Jennifer B Mccormick (0000-0002-2008-8180, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA), Rachel Hammer (0000-0002-1161-0694, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA), Barbara A Koenig (0000-0003-3227-6768, University of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, CA, USA)
Ano2015
Volume40
Fascículo4
Páginas459-486
Data de publicação2015-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0162243914558491
PMID26392644
OpenAlexW2125074330
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas86

To understand public discourse in the United States 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 the etiology the addiction and direct focus back toward individual causation and responsibility

Behavioural genetics · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Child Development and Digital Technology · Media Influence and Health · Psychology · Genetics