Chernobyl Coverage: How The US Mmedia Treated The Nuclear Industry  

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Friedman, Sharon M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Public Understanding of Science vol. 1 no. 3 (Jul. 1992), page 305-323.
Fulltext: 305PUS13.pdf (977.1KB)

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This study attempted to uncover whether enough background information about nuclear power and the nuclear industries in the USA. USSR and Eastern and Western Europe had been included during the first two weeks of US coverage of the Chernobyl accident so that Americans would not he misled in their understanding of and attitudes toward nuclear power in general. It also sought to determine if reporters took advantage of the Chernobyl accident to attack nuclear technology or the nuclear industry in general. Coverage wdS analysed in five US newspapers and on the evening newwasts of the three major US television networks. Despite heavy coverage of the accident. no more than 25% of the coverage was devoted to information on safety records. history of accidents and current status of nuclear industries. Not enough information was provided to help the public's level of understanding of nuclear power or to put the Chernobyl accident in context. However. articles and newscasts generally balanced u x of pro- and anti-nuclear statements. and did not include excessive amounts of fear-inducing and negative information.

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