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Popularizing the Internet: Traveling Companions Supporting the Good News
Department of Education, University of Oslo, Norway.
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2015 (English)In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 36, no 2, p. 157-171Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

In popular science and technology writing, “boosterism” is prominent. Writers overwhelmingly describe science and technology in enthusiastic terms, thereby promoting the deficit or Public Appreciation of Science and Technology model (PAST). A crucial aspect of the PAST model is its pro-innovation bias: writers enroll chaperones in the texts, such as spokespersons, users, celebrities, witnesses, experts, and authorities, to support their claims. Both “boosterism” and pro-innovation bias constrain the public’s critical understanding of science and technology. This study includes a detailed exploration of pro-innovation bias in the popularization of the Internet in the Norwegian press and how journalists use chaperones to support their claims. The author demonstrates that, in popularizing the Internet, pro-innovation bias manifests several other biases, such as individual-praise, pro-technology, individual-blame, technology-blame, and source biases.

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Gothenburg: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg , 2015. Vol. 36, no 2, p. 157-171
Keywords [en]
pro-innovation bias, science and technology communication, Internet, framing, praise, blame
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Social Sciences Media and Communications
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URN: urn:nbn:se:norden:org:diva-4273DOI: 10.1515/nor-2015-0023Libris ID: 10382037OAI: oai:DiVA.org:norden-4273DiVA, id: diva2:881800
Available from: 2015-12-11 Created: 2015-12-11 Last updated: 2021-03-15Bibliographically approved

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