The 1993 newspaper science reporter
Contributing, creative, and responsible
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12007154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J Sean Mccleneghan (New Mexico State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 467-477 |
| Publication date | 1994-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Social Science Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0362-3319 • E-ISSN: 1873-5355 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1016/0362-3319(94)90036-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2139766203 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
This 1993 national survey describes the attitudes of our Fourth Estate's science reporters writing for 103 newspapers with circulations in excess of 100,000. Following a journalism literature review of the past 30 years, the investigator classified the scholarship areas into three typologies: accuracy, scientific attribution and creative writing. Seventeen attitudinal statements were developed to reflect those three scholarship typologies. A principal factor analysis of the 17 attitudinal variables reduced the data into three dimensions the investigator named ‘Beat Pressure,’ ‘Creative Talent’ and ‘Reporter Responsibility.’ Science reporters persist in science writing because it offers a rare brand of news that can be shared with readers about new discoveries and the meaning of it all
Attribution · Journalism · Meaning (existential · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2004 - 2004 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |