AUTHOR=Rickard Laura N. , Feldpausch-Parker Andrea Marie TITLE=Of Sea Lice and Superfood: A Comparison of Regional and National News Media Coverage of Aquaculture JOURNAL=Frontiers in Communication VOLUME=1 YEAR=2016 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/communication/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2016.00014 DOI=10.3389/fcomm.2016.00014 ISSN=2297-900X ABSTRACT=
As wild fisheries decline, aquaculture, or the cultivation of species in fresh and salt water, will provide the majority of seafood consumed worldwide. Given that aquaculture is an increasingly critical food “technology”—with implications for public opinion formation—we apply theory of social function systems and sustainability to a U.S. news media content analysis. We examine coverage of aquaculture (