CELEBRITIES, DRINKS, AND DRUGS: A CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF CELEBRITY SUBSTANCE ABUSE AS PORTRAYED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES

<p>This study is an examination of the ideologies present in celebrity substance abuse news stories in <em>The New York Times </em>online from December 2012 to December 2013. I analyzed news stories by employing a critical discourse analysis to determine the dominant discourses in celebrity substance abuse news articles. Drawing from cultivation and framing theories, celebrity substance abuse stories in <em>The New York Times </em>are presented in a limited, individual fashion with relatively little effort when it comes to recovery. Rather than treating substance abuse as a serious social issue and a medical condition, it is presented as an individual, moral problem. Moreover, recovery from substance abuse is presented as a personal choice which involves very little to no assistance and is easy to acquire.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in Communication Studies

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Communication Studies

Year dc:date.available

2014

Author dc:creator

• Austin, Brent John

Contributors dc:contributor

• Heather Hundley

• celebrity
• substance abuse
• Critical discourse analysis
• the new york times
• newspaper analysis
• Arts and Humanities
• Film and Media Studies
• Other Arts and Humanities
• Other Film and Media Studies
• Rhetoric and Composition

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/104

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-1109