Partisan Bias in Message Selection: Media Gatekeeping of Party Press Releases
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DOI: 10.1080/10584609.2016.1265619
Abstract: Parties try to shape media coverage in ways that are favorable to them, but what determines whether media outlets pick up and report on party messages? Based on content analyses of 1,496 party press releases… read more here.
Keywords: press releases; party; bias message; party press ... See more keywords
Consistency between trials presented at conferences, their subsequent publications and press releases
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjebm-2022-111989
Abstract: Objective This study examined the extent to which trials presented at major international medical conferences in 2016 consistently reported their study design, end points and results across conference abstracts, published article abstracts and press releases.… read more here.
Keywords: across conference; press releases; press; trial ... See more keywords
Zika pandemic online trends, incidence and health risk communication: a time trend study
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000296
Abstract: Objectives We aimed to describe the online search trends of Zika and examine their association with Zika incidence, assess the content of Zika-related press releases issued by leading health authorities and examine the association between… read more here.
Keywords: health; online trends; press releases; study ... See more keywords
Responding to Racial Resentment: How Racial Resentment Influences Legislative Behavior
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DOI: 10.1177/1065912919857826
Abstract: Despite the growing body of scholarship urging congressional scholars to consider the racialization of Congress, little attention has been given to understanding how racial resentment impacts legislative behavior. To fill this gap, we ask if… read more here.
Keywords: resentment; press releases; racial resentment; legislative behavior ... See more keywords
News about newspaper advertisers: To what extent can corporate advertising budgets predict editorial uptake and coverage of corporate press releases?
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DOI: 10.1177/1464884916671157
Abstract: News value theory aims to predict a story’s chance of being selected for publication based on news factors and ascribed news values. News values can also predict the coverage of corporate press releases. For news… read more here.
Keywords: news; press releases; coverage corporate; corporate press ... See more keywords
Claims of causality in health news: a randomised trial
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DOI: 10.1186/s12916-019-1324-7
Abstract: BackgroundMisleading news claims can be detrimental to public health. We aimed to improve the alignment between causal claims and evidence, without losing news interest (counter to assumptions that news is not interested in communicating caution).MethodsWe… read more here.
Keywords: news; press releases; evidence; causality ... See more keywords
Expert quotes and exaggeration in health news: a retrospective quantitative content analysis
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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15147.2
Abstract: Background This research is an investigation into the role of expert quotes in health news, specifically whether news articles containing a quote from an independent expert are less often exaggerated than articles without such a… read more here.
Keywords: news; press releases; quote; expert ... See more keywords
Causal overstatements reduced in press releases following academic study of health news
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DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15647.2
Abstract: Background: Exaggerations in health news were previously found to strongly associate with similar exaggerations in press releases. Moreover such exaggerations did not appear to attract more news. Here we assess whether press release practice changed… read more here.
Keywords: press releases; causal overstatements; press; health news ... See more keywords
Causal interpretation of correlational studies – Analysis of medical news on the website of the official journal for German physicians
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0196833
Abstract: Background Media frequently draws inappropriate causal statements from observational studies. We analyzed the reporting of study results in the Medical News section of the German medical journal Deutsches Ärzteblatt (DÄ). Methods Study design: Retrospective quantitative… read more here.
Keywords: news; press releases; news reports; journal article ... See more keywords
Reconsidering churnalism: How news factors in corporate press releases influence how journalists treat these press releases after initial selection
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DOI: 10.1515/commun-2019-2075
Abstract: Abstract This study examines how news factors in press releases influence journalists’ decisions and the journalistic treatment of press release information after its initial selection for the news agenda: These journalists can transform press releases… read more here.
Keywords: press releases; influence journalists; press; releases influence ... See more keywords