Abstract：
Euthanasia is an important social and quality of life issue. However, it is highly controversial and thus continuously debated especially given its legitimacy and legality differ between countries. Little is known about the role media plays concerning this topic. To fill this gap, this study applies a mixed methods approach to a case study of Israeli media, including a quantitative content analysis of news articles (to measure the discourse of \'civil participation\'), a thematic analysis of news articles (to examine the \'voice\') and a quantitative content analysis of Facebook comments (to measure \'being heard\'). Results indicate that while the media highly enables the media capability of \'voice\' (both \'voicing\' and \'being heard\'), it limits the media capability of \'civil participation\' to a narrow array of discourse, hindering the social debate. These results reveal the role the media plays regarding euthanasia, integral to individuals\' quality of life through the realisation of their media capabilities, and in relation to the act of euthanasia itself.
摘要：
安乐死是一个重要的社会和生活质量问题。然而,它极具争议性，因此不断辩论，特别是考虑到它的合法性和合法性在国家之间有所不同。人们对媒体在这个话题上扮演的角色知之甚少。为了填补这个空白，本研究将混合方法方法应用于以色列媒体的案例研究，包括对新闻文章的定量内容分析(以衡量“公民参与”的话语)，对新闻文章的主题分析（检查“声音”）和对Facebook评论的定量内容分析（衡量“被听到”）。结果表明，尽管媒体高度启用了\'语音\'的媒体能力（\'发声\'和\'被听到\'），它将“公民参与”的媒体能力限制在狭窄的话语范围内，阻碍社会辩论。这些结果揭示了媒体在安乐死方面的作用，通过实现他们的媒体能力，对个人的生活质量不可或缺，以及安乐死本身的行为。
