From inception to reception: the natural history of a news item

Abstract

This article compares the complex dynamics involved in the production and reception of a newspaper article. This case study is used as the basis for a broader discussion of the encoding and decoding of meaning via the news media. The article recommends that closer attention needs to be given to the linkages between these moments in the mass communication process, and the temporal contexts within which they occur.

Measuring media and information literacy skills: Construction of a test

“…Second, the construction of the test was informed by research in the field of media and information literacy (Arke, 2005;Arke and Primark, 2009;EAVI, 2009EAVI, , 2011Hobbs and Frost, 2003;João and Menezes, 2008;Mihailidis, 2008;McMahon, 1991, 1995;UNESCO, 2011) and cognitive psychology (Morais, 2002(Morais, , 2010Rumelhart, 1977). While the literature about media literacy and cognitive psychology was particularly useful in the operationalization of cognitive operations, the understanding of the journalistic text informed the construction of text items in terms of content selection and item design (Deacon, Fenton, and Bryman, 1999;Fairclough, 1995;Mathieu, 2009;Tuchman, 1978;van Dijk, 1983avan Dijk, , 1983bvan Dijk, , 1988van Dijk, , 1990van Dijk, , 2002van Dijk, , 2008van Dijk, , 2009). Images and texts were selected according to the following criteria: They should be examples of those that readers are likely to encounter in a typical media environment and comply with the adopted assessment framework.…”

Fit to Print: A Natural History of Obesity Research in the Canadian News Media

“…By using a natural history approach we show that journalists replicated the tone and intent of CIHI's press release by framing the story in terms of the success of a school program promoting healthy lifestyles and the need to implement similar programs across the country. Moreover, our study illustrates that the reporting of health research in the media, and the journalist-source relationship, has many of the characteristics described in research about the reporting of the sciences in general (e.g., Stryker, 2002;Fenton et al, 1999).…”

“…that underlie the production of news" (van Dijk, 1988, p.96). Lastly, our examination of the news text considers not only the reach of the media, but also the impact media outlets have on the meaning of the message to determine the amount of coverage generated by a media release, any differences in coverage based on medium or location and how the media defines the story for consumers (Deacon, Fenton, & Bryman, 1999;Fenton et al, 1998;Finlay & Faulkner, 2005). Mediation does not refer to audience consumption practices, nor does it presume audience reactions to these messages and it avoids the innoculation theories common in public health social marketing approaches to mediated health communication.…”

“…How this might be achieved in the context of diminishing newsroom resources remains a challenge (Thorson, 2006). This case study represents a platform from which to build other natural histories of mediated health communication (Deacon et al, 1999). Media reports are historically located beginning with the work of health organizations who seek to communicate their messages.…”

<br>Jornalismo e estudos culturais: a contribuição de Jesús Martín-Barbero

“…Essa mediação dá conta da articulação da memória para a leitura das notícias, está relacionada à competência comunicativa cultural do veículo e às possibilidades de decodificação do receptor, e engloba, também, os "ritos" de leitura. Dá conta de como os produtos jornalísticos são consumidos -do processo de "leitura", dos espaços de consumo, da forma de consumo Deacon et al (1999) e o circuito da cultura, de Johnson (1999).…”