SARS wars: An examination of the quantity and construction of health information in the news media
SARS wars: An examination of the quantity and construction of health information in the news media
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DOI：
10.1080/10410230701283322
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Naylor, P. J.
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作者：
Berry, Tanya R.;Wharf-Higgins, Joan;Naylor, P. J.
媒体有权通过选择发布什么和提供信息的背景来影响公众对健康问题的看法。媒体可能会影响个人高估某些健康问题的风险，而低估其他健康问题的风险的倾向，最终影响健康选择。虽然已经进行了一些研究来检查关于选定的健康主题的文章的数量，但很少有研究研究这些信息是如何构建的。本文以社会风险放大模型和说服的精化可能性模型为理论指导，对卫生专题新闻报道的建构进行了考察。100种新闻媒体(平面、广播、电视和互联网)从信息重复、背景、来源和语法方面进行了分析。结果显示，健康话题更多地从风险的角度进行讨论，由可靠的来源使用强烈的语言进行讨论。这一内容分析为未来研究此类健康新闻可能如何影响消费者对健康话题的感知提供了经验起点。
The media have the power to sway public perception of health issues by choosing what to publish and the context in which to present information. The media may influence an individual's tendency to overestimate the risk of some health issues while underestimating the risk of others, ultimately influencing health choices. Although some research has been conducted to examine the number of articles on selected health topics, little research has examined how the messages are constructed. The purpose of this article is to describe an examination of the construction of news reports on health topics using aspects of the social amplification of risk model and the elaboration likelihood model of persuasion for theoretical direction. One hundred news media reports (print, radio, television, and Internet) were analyzed in terms of message repetition, context, source, and grammar. Results showed that health topics were more often discussed in terms of risk, by credible sources using strong language. This content analysis provides an empirical starting point for future research into how such health news may influence consumer's perceptions of health topics.