chiropractors as folk devils: published and unpublished news coverage of a moral panic

摘要

This research provides empirical support for an existing processual model, documenting the social context, development, and growth of a moral panic surrounding stroke risk from chiropractic neck manipulation. This case highlights the importance of both published and unpublished news stories regarding the nature of claims that evolve over time and in specific stages of a moral panic. Chiropractic's status as deviant science as well as underlying professional tensions within the Canadian health care system sets up a narrative stigma contest and affects the information made available to the public about issues of safety and health.