01:920:103 Lecture 4: Chapter 4

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Experts - specialized knowledge about a particular subject: medical experts - social troubles are medicalized (process of de ning troubles as medical problems) i. e. disease, trauma, treatment/cure, symptoms. Medicalization does 2 things: takes responsibility away from individual, provides a familiar frame - medical model. Yes and no: funded by corporation that have their self-interests in mind, ethics of scienti c research are questionable, disciplinary biases - experts represent ideologies (ideas associated with power-dominant) !1: of cials - work with government agencies, have access to funds/resources, can be sincere or have instrumental reasons for claimsmaking, often close to people in positions of power. To make their claims, experts must make their claims in a language that is easily understood - Claimsmakers - primary/original claims (e. g. activists and experts) Media does news work, presents, shapes, nds news to present to public. Media reports/claims are very black & white, very biased, not complex. News stories are shaped by competition with other newsmakers.

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