Science Journalists on Metropolitan Dailies: Methods, Values and Perceptions of Their Work

Dennis, Everette E.; McCartney, James J.

doi:10.1080/00958964.1979.9942627

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“…Is the response sample makeup consistent with what is known about the target population? While it was previously common to have survey response rates in excess of 50 percent (Chang and Lee, 1992; Dennis and McCartney, 1979;Rippey, 1981;Weaver andWilhoit, 1986, 1996), it is now sometimes difficult for surveys of journalists to exceed single digits, especially in large Western countries (e.g. Bell et al, 2017;Molyneux et al, 2019;Örnebring & Mellado, 2018).…”

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Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Molyneux

Zamith

2020

Journalism

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As journalism undergoes widespread changes, it finds itself in a ‘new normal’. Research seeking to understand these changes by surveying journalists faces new methodological hurdles that span different stages of the survey process. This article identifies the key contemporary challenges when it comes to sampling, instrument design, and distribution. Best research practices in identifying a target population, sampling, selecting or developing measures, and maximizing the likelihood of participation are presented and discussed. Advice is also offered to help peer reviewers identify common shortcomings in surveys of journalists and encourage authors to engage with the limitations of their work.

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Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Molyneux

Zamith

2020

Journalism

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“…Finally, many science journalism studies mostly focus on science journalists (Bauer et al, 2013; Dennis and McCartney, 1979; Henningham, 1995; Sachsman et al, 2002; Storad, 1984; Ward and Jandciu, 2008), and thus, little is known about the subject from the perspective of general reporters who cover science. In Africa, because most science reporting is done by general reporters, it is critically important to assess science journalism from their perspectives.…”

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“…There are many studies of science journalists in Western countries. Such studies have addressed the characteristics of journalists covering science and the factors that may influence science journalism, including backgrounds of journalists reporting on science (Dennis and McCartney, 1979;Henningham, 1995;Sachsman et al, 2002;Storad, 1984;Ward and Jandciu, 2008), barriers to, or motivators for, science reporting (Larsson et al, 2003;Maillé et al, 2010), and sources used by science reporters (Conrad, 1999;Hinnant and Len-Ríos, 2009;Reed, 2001).…”

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Science reporting in Accra, Ghana: Sources, barriers and motivational factors

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In Ghana, as in many other developing countries, most science reporting is done by general reporters. However, few studies have investigated science reporting in such a situation. To understand better the dynamics of science reporting in such context, we surveyed 151 general reporters in Ghana. Respondents’ demographic characteristics resembled those found in studies elsewhere. Respondents perceived health professionals and scientists as very important sources of information for reporting science. There was an inverse correlation between journalism experience and the number of science feature stories reported in the past 12 months (p = .017). Most respondents indicated that science journalism training would motivate them to report science more. Likewise, most reported that easier access to research findings would do so. We identify characteristics of reporters, media, scientific, and training institutions that are important influences of Ghanaian reporters’ coverage of science. We provide recommendations for advancing science reporting in Ghana.

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“…Dennis and McCartney [1979] reached the same conclusion in a study of American metropolitan newspapers which appeared to favour the information on health or the environment versus other scientific areas such as physics or basic science.…”

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Science journalism: the standardisation of information from the press to the internet

Olvera‐Lobo¹,

López²

2015

JCOM

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The standardisation and selectivity of information were characteristics of science journalism in the printed medium that the digital editions of journals have inherited. This essay explores this fact from the international perspective, with a special focus on the Spanish case. AbstractScience and media; Science communication: theory and models; Science writing Keywords IntroductionFor more than a century science journalists have acted as mediators between science and the general public, thus taking on the task of conveying the progress of research and contributing, with their educational role, to shaping the critical opinion on scientific and technological development [Treise and Weigold, 2002]. Hence, it is possible to say that they have been the main creators of the social image of scientific research that has been projected.

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Science Journalists on Metropolitan Dailies: Methods, Values and Perceptions of Their Work

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Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Surveying journalists in the “New Normal”: Considerations and recommendations

Science reporting in Accra, Ghana: Sources, barriers and motivational factors

Science journalism: the standardisation of information from the press to the internet

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