December 2nd, 2019 | RESEARCH
When it comes to complex topics in the field of health and risk communication, experts are of high importance for the credibility of a news media report. This paper examines the use of experts and their roles in the news media coverage of multi-resistant pathogens by means of a quantitative content analysis of German print and online news. A cluster analysis of the expert statements identifies three different statement frames describing different expert roles. The results show manifest patterns of selected expert sources, which points to professionalized mechanisms of selecting expert sources for news media reports.
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Matthias Wagner, Author, Freie Universität BerlinGwendolin Gurr, Author, Freie Universität Berlin
Miriam Siemon, Author, Freie Universität Berlin
Citation
Identifier Type: ISSN
Identifier: 1824-2049
Identifier Type: DOI
Identifier: 10.22323/2.18060203
Publication: Journal of Science Communication
Volume: 18
Number: 6
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Audience: Administration | Leadership | Policymakers | General Public | Scientists
Discipline: Health and medicine
Resource Type: Peer-reviewed article | Research Products
Environment Type: Comics | Books | Newspapers | Media and Technology | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media