Overview
- Focuses exclusively on science and health journalism, providing unique, in-depth exploration of issues
- Each chapter provides an agenda for future research, identified from comprehensive reviews of the literature
- Provides a global overview of science and health journalism, drawing on research from all parts of the world
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Core Issues in Science and Health Journalism
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Reporting Formats and Audiences
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Key Science and Health Topics in the Media: Now and in the Future
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Kim Walsh-Childers is Professor of Journalism at University of Florida, USA. Her research focuses on news coverage of health issues and mass media effects on individual health beliefs and behaviors and on health policy development.
Merryn McKinnon is an Associate Professor at the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science at the Australian National University. Merryn’s research draws from her background in science, science communication and journalism to explore the factors influencing relationships between science, media and publics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Palgrave Handbook of Science and Health Journalism
Editors: Kim Walsh-Childers, Merryn McKinnon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49084-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49083-5Published: 02 April 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-49086-6Due: 07 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-49084-2Published: 01 April 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 512
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Journalism, Science and Technology Studies, Media and Communication, Environmental Communication, Political Communication