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ArticleScience, technology & human values2015

The media and behavioral genetics: Alternatives coexisting with addiction genetics.

Molly J Dingel, Jenny Ostergren, Jennifer B McCormick, Rachel Hammer, Barbara A Koenig

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Article in Science, technology & human values, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Molly J DingelUniversity of Minnesota Rochester, Rochester, MN, USA.
Jenny OstergrenDepartment of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Jennifer B McCormickMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Rachel HammerMayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Barbara A KoenigUniversity of California, San Francisco, Institute for Health & Aging, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Funding

Translating Addiction Genomics Research into Practice: Examining Ethics & PolicyR01DA014577 · NIDA · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MCCORMICK, JENNIFER BLAIR · 2002 to 2010
$2.0M
Center for Transdisciplinary ELSI Research in Translational GenomicsP20HG007243 · NHGRI · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HARRIS-WAI, JULIE NOEL, KOENIG, BARBARA A. · 2013 to 2016
$958k
NHGRI NIH HHS P20 HG007243NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA014577
6 · The paper itself

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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Addictionbehavioral geneticsdiscourse analysisgeneticsmediascience and knowledge

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PMID26392644
PMCPMC4574304

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