| dc.contributor.author | Botts, Amanda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-19T21:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-04-19T21:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-12-07 | |
| dc.identifier | oksd_botts_HT_2018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/329321 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to determine whether or not the medical marijuana referendums in Missouri, Oklahoma, and Utah were framed by online media publications as possible alternatives to prescriptions and the opioid crisis. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The hypothesis was measured by using descriptive statistics in order to analyze article content by coding relevant paragraphs into three separate categories--explicit mention of opioids, implicit mention of chronic pain, and related mention of marijuana as an alternative treatment for other illnesses and ailments. Five articles were coded from state news publications in each of the three states. | |
| dc.description.abstract | The results found that the third category, marijuana as an alternative for other ailments and illnesses was most popular for media framing in every state. The second most popular category was explicit reference to the opioid crisis. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. | |
| dc.title | Taking the initiative: Connecting medical marijuana referenda and the opioid crisis | |
| osu.filename | oksd_botts_HT_2018.pdf | |
| dc.type.genre | Honors Thesis | |
| dc.type.material | Text | |
| dc.contributor.director | Hankinson, Chad | |
| dc.contributor.facultyreader | Jalalzai, Farida | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Political Science | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Oklahoma State University | |
