Transformations of War: Implications for Democracy and the MediaThe Media of Conflict: War Reporting and Representations of Ethnic Violence, edited by Tim Allen and Jean SeatonTelevising War: From Vietnam to Iraq, by Andrew HoskinsDebating War and Peace: Media Coverage of U.S. Intervention in the Post-Vietnam Era, by Jonathan MerminWar in the Media Age, by A. Trevor ThrallWar and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7, edited by Daya Kishan Thussu and Des FreedmanMedia at War: The Iraq Crisis, by Howard Tumber and Jerry Palmer

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-328
Author(s):  
Gregory Kent
Keyword(s):  
Media Coverage ◽  
Ethnic Violence ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Vietnam Era ◽  
The Media ◽  
War Reporting

Media reporting of suicide and adherence to media guidelines

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (6) ◽  
pp. 536-544 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niall McTernan ◽  
Ailbhe Spillane ◽  
Grace Cully ◽  
Eimear Cusack ◽  
Theresa O’Reilly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Front Page ◽  
Quality Of Reporting ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Suicide Note ◽  
The Media

Background: International research consistently shows evidence for an association between sensationalised and detailed media reporting, and suicidal behaviour. Aim: This study examined the quality of media reporting of suicide and adherence to media guidelines in Ireland. Methods: In accordance with the criteria outlined in the media guidelines for reporting suicide, 243 media articles were screened and analysed for quality of reporting of two high-profile cases of suicide and two cases of suicide that became high profile following a period of intense media coverage that occurred between September 2009 and December 2012. Results: A minority of articles breached the media guidelines in relation to sensationalised language (11.8%), placement of reports on the front page of the newspaper (9.5%), publishing of inappropriate photographs (4.2%) and mention of location of suicide (2.4%), while no articles disclosed the contents of a suicide note. However, in the majority of articles analysed, journalists did not refer to appropriate support services for people vulnerable to, and at risk of suicide (75.8%) or mention wider issues that are related to suicidal behaviour (53.8%). Overemphasis of community grief (48.3%) was also common. Nearly all articles (99.2%) breached at least one guideline and 58.9% of articles breached three or more guidelines. Conclusion: Overall, adherence to media guidelines on reporting suicide in Ireland improved in certain key areas from September 2009 until December 2012. Nonetheless, important challenges remain. Increased monitoring by media monitoring agencies, regulators and government departments is required. Implementation should be conducted using a pro-active approach and form part of the curriculum of journalists and editors. The inclusion of guidelines for the reporting of suicidal behaviour in press codes of conduct for journalists warrants consideration.

Covid-19, Media Reporting, and the Role of Bioethicists

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (Special Issue) ◽  
pp. 137-138
Author(s):  
Federico Nicoli ◽  
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Paul J. Cummins ◽  
Joseph A. Raho ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Other ◽  
Scientific Uncertainty ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
The U.S

"In the aftermath of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, media coverage was scrutinized for sensationalism, weakness in explaining scientific uncertainty, dehumanization of patients, and lack of contextualization. The current COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to assess whether the media learned its lesson. Results are mixed. Early reporting on the origin of COVID-19 in “wet markets” indicates that the media continues to do poorly with contextualization. On the other hand, stories on mortality and the infectiousness of COVID-19 indicate there has been improvement. The situation remains fluid as COVID-19 threatens to transform into a pandemic at the time of submission. Data from new countries may alter the reported rates of lethality and infectiousness, and media reporting on these changes may or may not be responsible. The explosion of social media, as a medium to promote reporting, could provide bioethicists a tool to direct the public to reliable stories and criticize inaccurate ones. Using a bioethics perspective, this poster will critically evaluate the quality of U.S. and Italian news media’s reporting on the evolving scientific understanding of COVID-19 and its contextualization. The presentation will employ QR technology to provide links to media coverage of COVID-19 from the U.S. and Italian news media. After critically appraising the quality of COVID-19 reporting, this poster will consider if bioethicists: 1) should provide comment to the media on pandemics; 2) should correct reporting for the public and 3) have a duty to publicly criticize sensationalism in the media. "

Roles of Social Scientists in Crisis Media Reporting: The Case of the German Populist Radical Right Movement PEGIDA

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 415-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birte Fähnrich ◽  
Corinna Lüthje
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
The Media ◽  
German Newspapers

This article examines the visibility of social scientists in the context of crisis media reporting by using the example of the German populist radical right movement PEGIDA. Based on previous research, a role typology was developed to serve as a framework for the empirical study. A content analysis of German newspapers demonstrates that social scientists are quite visible in the media coverage of PEGIDA and are presented mainly in the role of intellectuals. At the same time, new roles for social scientists are also discernible. Based on these findings, an extended role typology was developed to provide points of reference for further research.

scholarly journals Quantitative exponential modelling of copycat suicides: association with mass media effect in South Korea

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Suh ◽  
Y. Chang ◽  
N. Kim
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Exponential Model ◽  
Media Effect ◽  
Ample Evidence ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Celebrity Suicide ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Rate Of Decline

Background.There is ample evidence media reporting of celebrity suicides increases copycat suicides. This study had three aims: (a) to quantitatively examine copycat suicides with exponential modelling that predicts the copycat suicide effect of South Korean celebrity suicides; (b) to investigate the association between media effect and subsequent suicides following celebrity deaths; and (c) to investigate the extent in which media influences the increase and rate of decline of copycat suicides following a celebrity suicide.Methods.All suicides during 1991–2010 in South Korea were included in this study utilising a nationwide database. Fifteen celebrities were selected based on the frequency of media reports following 1 week after their suicide. The media effect was obtained through the Korean Integrated Newspaper Database System. Exponential curve fits and correlation analyses investigated the quantitative effect of copycat suicides.Results.After controlling for baseline number of average suicides, there was a marked increase in the number of suicides following each celebrity suicides, which followed an exponential model. There was a significant correlation between the total number of copycat suicides and number of media following the celebrity suicide (r = 0.74, p < 0.01). There were weak-to-moderate correlations between the amplitude of increase in suicides (r = 0.45, p = 0.09) and rate of decline (r = 0.38, p = 0.16) with the total number of media coverage.Conclusions.Copycat suicides following celebrity suicides follow exponential modelling. Additionally, there is a strong media effect between the number of media reports following the days after celebrity suicides and subsequent copycat suicides. This may also be associated with the amplitude and rate of decline of copycat suicides. This suggests that improving media reporting and implementing preventative interventions for vulnerable populations may be important.

scholarly journals Mass Media Reporting of Canadian Supreme Court Decisions: Mapping the Terrain

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Taras
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Research Report ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
Media Reporting ◽  
Depth Study ◽  
The Media ◽  
Supreme Court Decisions ◽  
Vantage Points

Abstract: This research report describes a three-year study that is being undertaken by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from across Canada on media coverage of Supreme Court decisions. The report describes the changing role of the Supreme Court in Canadian public life and the role of the media as both a vehicle for publicizing decisions and as a check on the Court's power. The study will explore media reporting from a number of vantage points-direct observation at the Court and in newsrooms, interviews, an in-depth study of how a number of important cases were reported, and an analysis of a year in the life of the Court. Workshops with members of the legal and journalistic communities and with citizens are also a crucial element in the study. Résumé: Ce rapport de recherche décrit une étude de trois ans sur la couverture médiatique de décisions prises par la Cour suprême. Une équipe interdisciplinaire de chercheurs d'une part à l'autre du Canada a mené cette étude. Ce rapport décrit le rôle changeant de la Cour suprême dans la vie publique canadienne et le rôle des médias dans la diffusion des décisions de la Cour et la capacité des médias de restreindre les pouvoirs de celle-ci. Cette étude a recours à plusieurs approches différentes pour explorer la couverture médiatique: l'observation directe de la Cour même et de salles de rédaction d'informations; des entrevues; une étude en profondeur de la maniére dont plusieurs cas furent couverts; et l'analyse d'un an dans la vie de la Cour. En outre, des ateliers avec des membres des communautés juridiques et journalistiques et avec des citoyens sont des éléments cruciaux de l'étude.

Making war and peace with emotion: Examining the Iraq and Iran cases via presidential speech and media coverage

2021 ◽  
pp. 019251212098249
Author(s):  
Katherine Seaton ◽  
H Denis Wu
Keyword(s):  
News Media ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Positive Emotions ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
President Obama ◽  
News Stories ◽  
Presidential Speech ◽  
Foreign Policies ◽  
The Media

This study investigates emotions conveyed in US presidential speeches and media coverage regarding the Iraq War and the Iran nuclear deal during 2003 and 2015. The researchers gathered and examined news stories about the two policies, all official speeches delivered by George W Bush and Barack Obama, and opinion polls conducted during the respective six-month period in those two years. Nine discrete emotions were coded to capture the valence and volume in the speeches and news media content. The study finds that emotions appear more frequently in the Iraq discourse than in the Iran counterpart. President Bush used more negative emotions while President Obama employed more positive emotions. Emotion in the media coverage is constant and stable across the two policy periods; yet negative emotions are more prevalent than positive counterparts in the media despite distinct foreign policies. The study also examines public opinion trends toward the two policies for inferring potential linkage. This article contributes to the conceptual nexus among emotional persuasion, journalism pattern, and foreign policy-making process.

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