Reporting On Risks
Health and safety risk issues such as AIDS, hazardous waste disposal, airline disasters, and health care policy frequently dominate the news and require a new level of sensitivity and expertise on the part of journalists. This volume focuses on a study of the trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines on how to report the dangers of these risks more accurately. It also examines the ethical implications of reporting risks to the public. This work will be of interest to those studying...
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Up-to-date analysis of the issues surrounding health and safety risks including discussion about how journalists can more accurately depict health and medical news. Booknews A study and survey of the branch of journalistic reporting concerned with informing the public about health risks in connection with products, disease, medicine, the environment, and natural or human- induced disasters. Provides information on trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines for getting closer to the truth, with comparisons of scientific and journalistic methods. Also discusses ethical issues, the health care debate, and media's influence on public health policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Preface1The Field of Risk Communication12The Journalist and the Pursuit of Truth173The Scientist and the Pursuit of Truth414Covering Medical News535Covering Environmental Risks756Covering Disasters957The Influence of TV, Movies, and the Internet on Health Perceptions1198Covering the Health Care Story1459Ethical Issues in Risk Communication163AppendixIn-Depth Reporting Examples191"AIDS in the Heartland"193"AIDS in the Heartland: The Final Chapter"205"Science vs. Stigma: Understanding Mental Illness"207"Medical Menace"213Selected Bibliography221Index225
\ BooknewsA study and survey of the branch of journalistic reporting concerned with informing the public about health risks in connection with products, disease, medicine, the environment, and natural or human- induced disasters. Provides information on trends in risk reporting and offers guidelines for getting closer to the truth, with comparisons of scientific and journalistic methods. Also discusses ethical issues, the health care debate, and media's influence on public health policy. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
