TY - JOUR
T1 - From the preserves of the educated elite to virtually everywhere
T2 - A content analysis of Danish science news in 1999 and 2012
AU - Vestergård, Gunver Lystbæk
AU - Nielsen, Kristian Hvidtfelt
PY - 2017/2/1
Y1 - 2017/2/1
N2 - In an attempt to qualify changes to science news reporting due to the impact of the Internet, we studied all science news articles published in Danish national newspapers in a November week in 1999 and 2012, respectively. We find the same amount of science coverage, about 4% of the total news production, in both years, although the tabloids produce more science news in 2012. Online science news also received high priority. Journalists in 2012 more often than in 1999 make reference to scientific journals and cite a wider range of journals. Science news in 2012 is more international and politically oriented than in 1999. Based on these findings, we suggest that science news, due partly to the emergence of online resources, is becoming more diverse and available to a wider audience. Science news is no longer for the elite but has spread to virtually everywhere in the national news system.
AB - In an attempt to qualify changes to science news reporting due to the impact of the Internet, we studied all science news articles published in Danish national newspapers in a November week in 1999 and 2012, respectively. We find the same amount of science coverage, about 4% of the total news production, in both years, although the tabloids produce more science news in 2012. Online science news also received high priority. Journalists in 2012 more often than in 1999 make reference to scientific journals and cite a wider range of journals. Science news in 2012 is more international and politically oriented than in 1999. Based on these findings, we suggest that science news, due partly to the emergence of online resources, is becoming more diverse and available to a wider audience. Science news is no longer for the elite but has spread to virtually everywhere in the national news system.
KW - online and print newspapers
KW - quantitative content analysis
KW - science news
KW - web-based information and communication technologies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85011807524&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0963662515603272
DO - 10.1177/0963662515603272
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 26386021
SN - 0963-6625
VL - 26
SP - 220
EP - 234
JO - Public Understanding of Science
JF - Public Understanding of Science
IS - 2
ER -