Day, William, Larkin, Michael and Shaw, Rachel (2024). Developing a novel, systematic form of Media Framing Analysis to discursively examine the UK’s Employment and Support Allowance policy. Qualitative Research in Psychology ,
Abstract
In 2008, the UK government introduced Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) as a welfare policy for individuals who are unable to work due to sickness or disability. Our research project examined the cultural landscape that has been made ‘available’ for those living with chronic health conditions whilst claiming welfare. To increase the transparency of a Foucauldian-inspired discursive analysis, PRISMA reporting guidelines were incorporated into a Media Framing Analysis. News articles and policy documents were collected as data corpora. This paper outlines how this innovative approach was developed; sharing samples of the analytical findings to illustrate what was achieved through a systematic compiling of a data set. A genealogical approach to health-based welfare shows how temporal and dualistic discourses of illness synonymise ‘health’ with a capability for employment. Methodological considerations are explored; illuminating how a systematic approach to data compilation can improve the transparency, rigour and potential transferability of discursive analyses.
Publication DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2024.2415402 |
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Divisions: | College of Health & Life Sciences > Aston Institute of Health & Neurodevelopment (AIHN) College of Health & Life Sciences College of Health & Life Sciences > School of Psychology Aston University (General) |
Additional Information: | Copyright © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Chronic illness,employment and support allowance,Foucaldian discourse analysis,media framing analysis,PRISMA,systemic,welfare |
Publication ISSN: | 1478-0895 |
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 18:07 |
Date Deposited: | 21 Oct 2024 10:12 |
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PURE Output Type: | Article |
Published Date: | 2024-10-17 |
Published Online Date: | 2024-10-17 |
Accepted Date: | 2024-10-07 |
Submitted Date: | 2024-04-22 |
Authors: |
Day, William
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0000-0002-8580-2373)
Larkin, Michael ( 0000-0003-3304-7000) Shaw, Rachel ( 0000-0002-0438-7666) |