Journal article
JOURNALISTIC USE OF EXEMPLARS TO HUMANIZE HEALTH NEWS
Journalism studies (London, England), Vol.14(4), pp.539-554
08/01/2013
DOI: 10.1080/1461670X.2012.721633
PMCID: PMC3873218
PMID: 24376370
Abstract
Health journalists often use personal stories to put a face on a health issue. This research uses a sociology-of-news approach, based on data collected from 42 in-depth interviews and three surveys with health journalists and editors (national, N=774; state, N=55; and purposive, N=180), to provide a first look at how important journalists think exemplars are to their stories. Results show journalists select exemplars to serve the purposes of informing, connecting, and getting attention. Some of the strategies journalists use to locate exemplars pose ethical concerns. Further, journalists rank the use of exemplars lower in aiding audience understanding compared with the use of experts, data and statistics, and definitions of technical terms.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- JOURNALISTIC USE OF EXEMPLARS TO HUMANIZE HEALTH NEWS
- Creators
- Amanda Hinnant - Univ Missouri, Missouri Sch Journalism, Columbia, MO 65211 USAMaria E. Len-Rios - University of MissouriRachel Young - University of Missouri
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journalism studies (London, England), Vol.14(4), pp.539-554
- DOI
- 10.1080/1461670X.2012.721633
- PMID
- 24376370
- PMCID
- PMC3873218
- NLM abbreviation
- Journal Stud
- ISSN
- 1461-670X
- eISSN
- 1469-9699
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Number of pages
- 16
- Grant note
- P30 DK092950 / NIDDK NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) P50 CA095815 / NCI NIH HHS; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI) P30DK092950 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) P50CA095815 / NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Cancer Institute (NCI)
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 08/01/2013
- Academic Unit
- Injury Prevention Research Center; School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- Record Identifier
- 9984307556002771
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