Health, Risk and NewsThe controversy surrounding the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism has raised unprecedented questions about the communication of health and science. Health, Risk and News: The MMR Vaccine and the Media examines how this story came to be so influential and asks if the media are to blame for unduly panicking the public. Drawing on comprehensive research - on media coverage, interviews with a range of journalists and sources, and analysis of audience opinion - this book explores how medical controversies are covered, with attention to issues of balance and objectivity, expertise, news values, risk and media effects. It will be of interest to students and scholars of media studies, journalists and health professionals. |
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Contents
Chapter One Introduction | 1 |
Chapter Two Reporting Health Science and Risk | 17 |
Chapter Three News Values and Health | 44 |
Chapter Four Balance in Health and Science Stories | 71 |
Chapter Five Sources in the MMRAutism Story | 95 |
Chapter Six Behind the News | 114 |
Chapter Seven Expertise | 137 |
Chapter Eight Audiences and the MMRAutism Story | 155 |
Chapter Nine Sowing the Seeds of Doubt? | 189 |
Notes | 201 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Health, Risk and News Volume 9 of Media & culture |
| Author | Tammy Boyce |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Peter Lang, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0820488380, 9780820488387 |
| Length | 228 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism Psychology / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders Social Science / Media Studies |
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