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To examine how artificial intelligence was framed in major U.S. newspapers by analyzing dominant topics, narrative frames, and the presentation of risks and benefits.

January 27, 2019

Framing Artificial Intelligence in American Newspapers

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To examine how artificial intelligence was framed in major U.S. newspapers by analyzing dominant topics, narrative frames, and the presentation of risks and benefits.
Conducted a content analysis grounded in framing theory within journalism and science communication.
Analyzed news coverage of artificial intelligence published across five major American newspapers from 2009 to 2018.
Business and technology constituted the primary topics in artificial intelligence news coverage.
Benefits of artificial intelligence were reported more frequently than risks, though risks were discussed with greater specificity.
Episodic issue framing and societal impact framing were utilized more frequently than alternative narrative structures.

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Content analysis reveals predominant benefit framing and business topics in major US newspapers, suggesting media narratives shape public perceptions through uneven risk-benefit focus.

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Chuan et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d73df8b54ccf0cfef30a86 https://doi.org/10.1145/3306618.3314285

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Content analysis reveals predominant benefit framing and business topics in major US newspapers, suggesting media narratives shape public perceptions through uneven risk-benefit focus.

Framing Artificial Intelligence in American Newspapers

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