Abstract
Celebrities’ drug-taking has been a hot topic which has raised social concerns in the past few
years. Whether the spreading of such events by various medias is alerting the public to stay away
from the drugs, or inducing them to try drugs, has become an academic concern. This article takes
the research method of deep interview and the questionnaire survey, to conduct the research on the in?uence of the degree of news concerns on the audience frame, and then on the audiences’
attitude and actions. Introducing intermediate variables to measure the communication effect has
both academic signifcance and application value in the research on frame and on star drug news.
The study has done the deep interview with 12 Chinese residents, and questionnaire survey on
811 Chinese residents. It fnds that celebrities’ drug-taking news has a stronger warning effect
on the pubic, and not induce general audience and star fans group to contact drug. Reducing the
attention on the stars themselves and strengthening the focus on the drug-taking behavior will
promote the communication effect.
Key words
Celebrities’ drug- taking news /
Communication effect /
Audience frame
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An Inducement or A Warning: The Communication Effect of Celebrities’ Drug-taking News[J]. Chinese Journal of Journalism & Communication. 2018, 40(1): 128-141
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