Journalists, Cognition, and the Presentation of an Epidemiologic Study
Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
28 p.
Publication Date
3-1998
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Source Publication
Science Communication
Source ISSN
1075-5470
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1177/1075547098019003005
Abstract
Cognitive processes can inform an understanding of newswork. In this case study, the authors examine a growing literature relating cognitive theories to newsmaking and then apply some of the principles in that literature to media coverage of EPA-mandated reformulated gasoline in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In an analysis of how local Milwaukee television news presented an epidemiologic study answering health complaints associated with the gasoline additive, the authors find a number of cognitive processes at work, especially those involving bias and error. Finally, the authors consider implications of such processes for newsmaking.
Recommended Citation
Trumbo, Craig W.; Dunwoody, Sharon; and Griffin, Robert, "Journalists, Cognition, and the Presentation of an Epidemiologic Study" (1998). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 239.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/239
Comments
Science Communication, Vol. 19, No. 3 (March 1998): 238-265. DOI.