Between facts and ambiguity: Discourses on medical cannabis in Swedish newspapers.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study examines the discursive construction of medical cannabis in Swedish newspapers, with the aim of understanding how the news media recontextualise the medical potential of cannabis.

Design

The study is centred on the concept of recontextualisation, which focuses on how discourses are reinterpreted and reshaped when moving from one context to another, with a special focus on recontextualisation in relation to the media. Methodologically, the study uses critical discourse analysis to qualitatively analyse 134 articles of different subgenres, published in four Swedish newspapers between 2015 and 2020.

Results

The study shows that medical cannabis is constructed around myriad topics and contexts, ranging from news that focuses on the medical potential of cann

SUBMITTER: Abalo E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8899053 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature