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Comparing the Deficiency Model Approach and the Dialogue Modeling Media Coverage of Emerging Technologies

The proliferation of emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), gene editing, nanotechnology, and quantum computing, has intensified scholarly debate over the most effective model for communicating them to the public. This systemic review compared the traditional Deficiency Model (one-way public education and deficit framing) against the Dialogue Modeling approach (two-way public engagement and participatory co-production) in media coverage of emerging technologies over the past decade (2016–2026). A systematic scoping study of 115 records using a thematic analysis retrieve…