ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the authors explore that the media representations of science suggest that in both the British and German context and possibly throughout the Western world, science is seen as the source of reliable new knowledge which isn't ordinarily accessible to non-scientists. They use a specific procedure that was slightly different from the one applied to the English corpus. An interesting strand in the British corpus is the opposition of science to nature. The German corpus shows many examples that science is framed as a controversy or a conflict. Typical narratives of science present discovery of previously inaccessible knowledge. Framing refers to the way an issue or information is presented, often with reference to stock narratives, or existing patterns of argumentation or ways of thinking. The authors focus on the benefits provided by science, including the mitigation of risk.
