Prevailing Impressions in Science and Medical News  

Oleh:

Logan, Robert A. ; Peng, Zengjun ; Wilson, Nancy Fraser

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Science Communication vol. 22 no. 1 (Sep. 2000), page 27-45.
Fulltext: 27SC221.pdf (86.61KB)

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In a con tent analysis, the authors assess the prevailing impressions toward social actors in the coverage of science and biomedical news in the Los Angeles Times and The Washington Post during biennial periods from 1989 to 1995. The social actors and out come variables studied were favorability toward science and medical professionals, the health care delivery system, science and medicine as social institutions, industry, government, and public interest groups. The study found that prevailing impressions toward indus try, government, the health care delivery system, science and medical professionals, science and medicine as social institutions, and public interest groups were within a middle or ascribed equivocal range for both news papers during all the time periods surveyed. The findings challenge some qualitative, case-study-based scholarship that sug gests prevailing impressions are skewed in highly favorable or unfavorable directions toward social actors in science reporting.

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