The Framing of Public Knowledge Controversies in the Media: A Comparative Analysis of the Portrayal of Badger Vaccination in the English National, Regional and Farming Press

Naylor, Rhiannon; Manley, Will; Maye, Damian; Enticott, Gareth; Ilbery, Brian; Hamilton-Webb, Alice

doi:10.1111/soru.12105

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“…The multi-dimensional aspects and complexity of the evolution of cattle TB policy in the UK raises many questions on the ethics and value systems of stakeholders in the context of culling of badgers. The role of the media is of key importance in framing the viewpoints of many of the principal actors (85). Where there is difficulty in understanding the complexity of the scientific evidence, the press can influence perspectives by over-simplifying the arguments for or against a particular strategy e.g., culling or vaccination, and this can help to fuel the controversies.…”

Section: Badger Tb In Ireland and The Ukmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies of UK farmers' perceptions of vaccination as a means to control TB have also revealed cautious attitudes to this strategy (157). It has been noted that the media paid more attention to vaccination when the controversies over culling escalated (85), and wildlife groups have heavily promoted the vaccine strategy. While there is good field data to show that the vaccine can protect badgers in their natural environment, the scientific evidence of a direct link between badger vaccination and time scales for a positive impact in reducing TB breakdowns in cattle is lacking.…”

Section: Vaccination Of Wildlife Against Tbmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wild Animal Tuberculosis: Stakeholder Value Systems and Management of Disease

Gormley

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2018

Front. Vet. Sci.

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When human health is put at risk from the transmission of animal diseases, the options for intervention often require input from stakeholders whose differing values systems contribute to decisions on disease management. Animal tuberculosis (TB), caused principally by Mycobacterium bovis is an archetypical zoonotic pathogen in that it can be transmitted from animals to humans and vice versa. Although elimination of zoonotic transmission of TB to humans is frequently promoted as the raison d'être for TB management in livestock, in many countries the control strategies are more likely based on minimizing the impact of sustained infection on the agricultural industry. Where wild animals are implicated in the epidemiology of the disease, the options for control and eradication can require involvement of additional stakeholder groups. Conflict can arise when different monetary and/or societal values are assigned to the affected animals. This may impose practical and ethical dilemmas for decision makers where one or more species of wild animal is seen by some stakeholders to have a greater value than the affected livestock. Here we assess the role of stakeholder values in influencing TB eradication strategies in a number of countries including Ireland, the UK, the USA, Spain, France, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. What it reveals is that the level of stakeholder involvement increases with the complexity of the epidemiology, and that similar groups of stakeholders may agree to a set of control and eradication measures in one region only to disagree with applying the same measures in another. The level of consensus depends on the considerations of the reservoir status of the infected host, the societal values assigned to each species, the type of interventions proposed, ethical issues raised by culling of sentient wild animals, and the economic cost benefit effectiveness of dealing with the problem in one or more species over a long time frame. While there is a societal benefit from controlling TB, the means to achieve this requires identification and long-term engagement with all key stakeholders in order to reach agreement on ethical frameworks that prioritize and justify control options, particularly where culling of wild animals is concerned.

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Section: Badger Tb In Ireland and The Ukmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vaccination Of Wildlife Against Tbmentioning

confidence: 99%

Wild Animal Tuberculosis: Stakeholder Value Systems and Management of Disease

Gormley

Corner

2018

Front. Vet. Sci.

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“…A number of studies have revealed how certain actors in the debate have framed the bTB control issue. Work has clustered around 1) farmers viewpoints (e.g., Vanclay and Enticott 2011; Maye et al 2014; Robinson 2017a), 2) polarisation of the debate in the media (Cassidy 2012; Naylor et al 2017), among the public (Enticott 2015) and across advocacy coalitions (Lodge and Matkus 2014); and 3) the specific argumentative ecology of the bTB debate on Twitter (Sandover et al 2018) and using Q‐sort analysis (e.g., Price et al 2017).…”

Section: Conflict and The Control Of Bovine Tbmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Studies that have looked at frames on different sides of the debate have tended to support the notion that they are highly polarised. Naylor et al (2017), for example, look at the ways in which the debate has been framed in the media. Their work reveals three ‘dualistic’ framings that juxtapose: 1) science against the practical reality of modern farming; 2) badger vaccination against badger culling; and 3) victims (farmers and badgers) against culprits (badgers and policy).…”

Section: Conflict and The Control Of Bovine Tbmentioning

confidence: 99%

From Conflict to Bridges: Towards Constructive Use of Conflict Frames in the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis

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Control of bovine tuberculosis in cattle (bTB) in England and Wales is characterised by conversational and policy impasses, particularly in relation to badger culling. We created four online discussion groups comprising of badger cull supporters, cull-opponents, aligned antagonists (mixing supporters and opponents affiliated with farming or an environmental/ conservation group) and non-aligned antagonists (mixing supporters and opponents who were not affiliated with a particular group). We held five different discussions with each grouping over the course of a week. We aimed to identify frames held by the opposing groupings within the bTB control controversy, which could either contribute to conflict and impasse, or alternatively could provide a potential conversational bridge between those who differed. Our analysis identified elements of the framings of the bTB control problem, which, particularly in the mixed groupings, lead to deadlock. We also identified some aspects of the framings which allowed those who differed to communicate together more effectively. We argue that these more transformative frames can be used to bridge conflict. that conflict-framing analysis, and the identification of bridging frames in particular, provides, to try 'do' bTB control differently.

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“…The most reported criminal act to the Badger Persecution Delivery Group is sett disturbance, accounting for 249 (41% of the total) of badger incidents in the UK in 2016 [6]. There is also the current 'good-bad badger paradox' [8][9], where the species is seen as either a 'victim' or a 'culprit'. The Government permit the licensed control of badgers to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB), therefore they are regarded as the 'culprit' of disease transmission between wild and farmed animals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%