The Korean press and Hwang’s fraud
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22947840 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaeyung Park (Korea University, corresponding author), Hyoungjoon Jeon (Dankook University), Robert A Logan (0000-0002-4986-1077, US National Library of Medicine) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 653-669 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Understanding of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0963-6625 • E-ISSN: 1361-6609 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0963662508096779 |
| OpenAlex | W2113876788 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 12 |
This case study explores why South Korean journalists overlooked allegations of scientific misconduct against South Korean scientist Dr. Woo Suk Hwang and even indirectly defended him in 2005—6. Nineteen journalists, who covered Hwang’s story for five of South Korea’s leading daily newspapers, were interviewed. The interviewees added insights about the news coverage of the Hwang scandal not identified in previous literature, such as the difficulties among journalists to suspend their personal disbelief about the criticisms and evidence against Hwang. The findings suggest the news judgments that occurred in Korean newsrooms during the Hwang scandal reflected a socially constructed process of negotiation among news media professionals and between journalists and scientists. The findings also suggest it may be best to consider journalistic mores within a multidimensional framework that includes journalistic perceptions of socio-cultural norms, internal newsroom standards for evidence, newsroom competence and training, normative journalism ethics, news gathering techniques, perceived dissonance and professed risk avoidance.
Cognitive dissonance · Ethical code · Journalism · Media studies · Mores · Negotiation · Newspaper · Normative · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sensationalism · Sociology · Academic integrity and plagiarism · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Psychology
Health and medical coverage in the UK national press
The (co-)production of public uncertainty
Research Methods in Information
Constructing and Reconstructing Scientific Ignorance
Ignorance and Science
Media Research Techniques
The Controversy Over Detailed Interviews-An Offer for Negotiation
Communicating Science
Accommodating Science
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |