Science, technology and risk coverage of a community conflict

Coleman, Cynthia-Lou

doi:10.1177/016344395017001005

Cited by 40 publications

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“…Peter Conrad (1999), for instance, asserts that different expert sources can be used to provide context, legitimization, explication, and balance in news accounts. Furthermore, Cynthia-Lou Coleman (1997) also stresses the importance of the use of some sources that can add credibility, legitimacy and authority to particular framings, especially in controversial issues that are concerning science and technology (for creationism cases see Taylor and Condit 1988). In general, scientists and researchers (especially those working at universities) are highly regarded in terms of trustworthiness and credibility (e.g., Sprecker 2002).…”

Section: Journalistic Practice and The Selection Of Sourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Who is having a voice? Journalists’ selection of sources in a creationism controversy in the UK press

Allgaier

2011

Cult Stud of Sci Educ

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Media accounts of reality have the potential to influence public opinion and decision making processes. Therefore who has and who does not have access to the media and can make their voice heard is a crucial question with serious political consequences. In this article it is investigated whether the speciality of journalists influences their source selection procedures. The coverage of science in schools is an interesting example, since it can be covered by specialized science or education correspondents, but also by general news reporters. A public controversy in the UK about the inclusion of creationism in a school is used to identify which types of sources were selected by various journalists. The focus is upon the selection of sources and whether journalists with different specialties consider various sources relevant and credible. A content analysis of articles, featuring this controversy, is combined with an analysis of correspondent's strategies for selecting sources based on interviews with them. The findings suggest that compared to journalists that specialize in education issues, science correspondents employ a narrower scope when seeking sources. This might have important consequences for the representation of views on science education in the media.

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Section: Journalistic Practice and The Selection Of Sourcesmentioning

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Who is having a voice? Journalists’ selection of sources in a creationism controversy in the UK press

Allgaier

2011

Cult Stud of Sci Educ

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“…Black rhetoric is common in adversarial politics to promote argumentation, conflict, and dispute by simplistic, ready-made dichotomies of right and wrong, or good and bad etc. Such binary oppositions also provide an over-simplification that appeals to journalists (Coleman, 1997) seeking conflict, controversy and scandal (Gardels, 1995), and an adversary (Budiansky, 1995). Black rhetoric-new rhetoricians McGee and Lyne (1987: 383) call it "bad rhetoric"-is ignoble and mean-spirited, sometimes dishonest, and sometimes characterized by gratuitous name-calling or sarcasm and consequently diminishes the language.…”

Section: Black Rhetoricmentioning

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The colour of rhetoric in the contemporary agora

Waddell¹,

McKenna²

2009

RAEI

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Rhetoric has three colours: white, black, and grey. White rhetoric is the Grecian Agoric ideal and black rhetoric is its mockery in the form of cheap point-scoring and open deceitfulness. Both are commonly used and obvious. A third, grey, rhetoric, however, is the most pervasive and devious kind of rhetoric in contemporary political discourse, which has developed in response to changing patterns of journalistic inquisition in the 24/7 news and public affairs era. This paper describes the three types of rhetoric, and argues that the Fourth Estate has an important democratic role in counteracting black and grey rhetoric.

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“…These tend to dominate in the early days of a technology, supported by technology sponsors with access to relevant information and public relations machinery (Nelkin 1995). In line with the economics of technoscientific promise, these frames portray technology as providing social and economic opportunities while avoiding discussion of alternative paths (Coleman 1995). This is reflected in NCJ-5's assessment of his editors' preference for stories on biotechnological futures over discussion of other options portrayed as less advanced:…”

Section: Familiar Framesmentioning

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The fourth estate and the fifth branch: the news media, GM risk, and democracy in Australia

Salleh

2008

New Genetics and Society

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Science, technology and risk coverage of a community conflict

Cited by 40 publications

References 14 publications

Who is having a voice? Journalists’ selection of sources in a creationism controversy in the UK press

Who is having a voice? Journalists’ selection of sources in a creationism controversy in the UK press

The colour of rhetoric in the contemporary agora

The fourth estate and the fifth branch: the news media, GM risk, and democracy in Australia

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