Struck by the Potentials of Cannabusiness: Exploring the Relationship Between Neoliberal Ideology and Journalism in the Reporting on Legal Cannabis
2019 (English)In: tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique, E-ISSN 1726-670X, Vol. 17, no 1, p. 86-100Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
This study examines the reporting on legal cannabis in order to explore the operation of neoliberal ideology in journalistic discourse. Cannabis legalisation is here understood as a way for capitalism to create new market opportunities, besides being a turn away from the so-called ‘war on drugs’. The study understands neoliberalism as operating via market-based logics that are interrelated with other social logics, such as those pertaining to journalism (Phelan 2014). Critical discourse analysis is used for studying Swedish newspaper reporting on legal cannabis between 2013 and 2018. The study shows that a struggle between market-based logics and journalistic practices is visible, where journalism has difficulties in challenging core tenets of neoliberal ideology. The article concludes with a discussion of how the current conditions of journalism limit its ability to challenge neoliberal perspectives.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Unified Theory of Information Research Group , 2019. Vol. 17, no 1, p. 86-100
Keywords [en]
cannabis legalisation, capitalism, critical discourse analysis, hegemony, ideology, journalism, marijuana, media, neoliberalism
National Category
Media Studies
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43349DOI: 10.31269/triplec.v17i1.1070ISI: 000475488600006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85067958427Local ID: POA HLK 2019OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-43349DiVA, id: diva2:1296907
2019-03-182019-03-182023-06-30Bibliographically approved