Transmission creep

Singer, Jane B.

doi:10.1080/1461670x.2016.1186498

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“…Yet, journalists act as gatekeepers, finding, selecting and framing what health information is mentioned and then amplified in news stories [46]. The role of gatekeeper is double-edged and not free from influence (e.g., journal venue, press releases, authors' institutional status and scientific impact) [28,46,47]. Journalists can highlight and omit important health research that is relevant to the public.…”

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What cancer research makes the news? A quantitative analysis of online news stories that mention cancer studies

2021

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Journalists’ health and science reporting aid the public’s direct access to research through the inclusion of hyperlinks leading to original studies in peer-reviewed journals. While this effort supports the US-government mandate that research be made widely available, little is known about what research journalists share with the public. This cross-sectional exploratory study characterises US-government-funded research on cancer that appeared most frequently in news coverage and how that coverage varied by cancer type, disease incidence and mortality rates. The subject of analysis was 11436 research articles (published in 2016) on cancer funded by the US government and 642 news stories mentioning at least one of these articles. Based on Altmetric data, researchers identified articles via PubMed and characterised each based on the news media attention received online. Only 1.88% (n = 213) of research articles mentioning US government-funded cancer research included at least one mention in an online news publication. This is in contrast to previous research that found 16.8% (n = 1925) of articles received mention by online mass media publications. Of the 13 most common cancers in the US, 12 were the subject of at least one news mention; only urinary and bladder cancer received no mention. Traditional news sources included significantly more mentions of research on common cancers than digital native news sources. However, a general discrepancy exists between cancers prominent in news sources and those with the highest mortality rate. For instance, lung cancer accounted for the most deaths annually, while melanoma led to 56% less annual deaths; however, journalists cited research regarding these cancers nearly equally. Additionally, breast cancer received the greatest coverage per estimated annual death, while pancreatic cancer received the least coverage per death. Findings demonstrated a continued misalignment between prevalent cancers and cancers mentioned in online news media. Additionally, cancer control and prevention received less coverage from journalists than other cancer continuum stages, highlighting a continued underrepresentation of prevention-focused research. Results revealed a need for further scholarship regarding the role of journalists in research dissemination.

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What cancer research makes the news? A quantitative analysis of online news stories that mention cancer studies

2021

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“…As new forms of journalism develop, so does the need to test how they affect the audiences in different ways. Whether looking at industry-shifting developments like the digital age (Singer, 2018) or specific practices like computational journalism (Caswell & Anderson, 2019), there are usually audience effects-related implications that are changing along with them.…”

Section: Journalism Effectsmentioning

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Evaluating the effects of solutions and constructive journalism: A systematic review of audience-focused research

McIntyre,

Lough

2023

Newspaper Research Journal

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The study of constructive and solutions journalism has grown in recent years, led by claims of positive audience effects. Our systematic review of 22 effects experiments across 19 studies found that solutions and constructive news stories unequivocally affect audience emotions. Clarity is needed for other dependent variables. Consistency is needed in theoretical constructs and the independent variables used. Focus needs to continue to extend beyond the United States and Western Europe.

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“…To address this challenge, we must overcome approaches that, for digital journalism, only contemplate the old referential frameworks and study models of content production (Mitchelstein & Boczkowski, 2009), and those who point to technological determinism in journalism (Örnebring, 2010) as a cause of the changes that have taken place and those that are underway in journalism, both in professional practices and in all journalistic dimensions (Singer, 2018). It is therefore necessary to place the study of digital native media-and the journalism they practice-within the framework of diversity and interdisciplinary nature of journalism studies and in the setting of their conceptual debates (Steensen, Grøndahl Larsen, Hågvar, & Fonn, 2019).…”

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Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism

Orosa

García

Vázquez-Herrero

2020

MaC

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This article reflects on the conceptualisation and practise of journalism in European digital native media. The way news is produced and consumed in the digital era knocks down the boundaries that once divided professionals, citizens, and activists. At the same time, significant changes highlighted in recent studies call for a new theoretical and practical approach that goes beyond the dominant perspective of technological determinism. In relation with previous research, we have selected innovative digital media platforms (De Correspondent, Heidi.news, Eldiario.es, IlPost, Mediapart, and Observador), and we have analysed the types of journalism they set out to produce, as gleaned from their public-facing communications and interviews with the platforms’ founders and editors, comparing their stated goals with the journalism they produce and, lastly, we commented on changes in journalism. Digital native media explore renewed fields for journalism. The present analysis allows identifying the emergence of a series of trends in digital native media, which show a coexistence of traditional and new principles. Beyond the technological impact, the new media respond to the needs of society by incorporating the citizen as a reason for its purpose and as a collaborator in production processes. On the other hand, new players and an updated role of journalists come into play with innovative proposals designed for the current multiplatform and mobile scenario.

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Transmission creep

Cited by 32 publications

References 90 publications

What cancer research makes the news? A quantitative analysis of online news stories that mention cancer studies

What cancer research makes the news? A quantitative analysis of online news stories that mention cancer studies

Evaluating the effects of solutions and constructive journalism: A systematic review of audience-focused research

Journalism in Digital Native Media: Beyond Technological Determinism

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