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Journalists and their sources of ideas and information on medicines

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  • van Trigt, Anke M.
  • de Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T. W.
  • Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M.
  • Willems, Jaap
  • Tromp, Theo F. J.

Abstract

In this article we describe from which sources science writers who write about medicines in daily newspapers get their ideas and information. This study was undertaken because mass media, and therefore newspapers, can play an important role in the diffusion of information about medicines. Two approaches, interviews and a content analysis, were used to answer the research questions. Both methods show the importance of professional medical journals and information from universities and their hospitals as sources of ideas and information according to the journalists, it is the third most frequently cited source of information in the newspaper articles. To gain a better insight in the role of the pharmaceutical industry as source of ideas and information for newspaper journalists further research is necessary.

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  • van Trigt, Anke M. & de Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T. W. & Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M. & Willems, Jaap & Tromp, Theo F. J., 1994. "Journalists and their sources of ideas and information on medicines," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 38(4), pages 637-643, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:38:y:1994:i:4:p:637-643
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    1. Markus Lehmkuhl & Nikolai Promies, 2020. "Frequency distribution of journalistic attention for scientific studies and scientific sources: An input–output analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(11), pages 1-20, November.
    2. David Dias Neto & Maria João Figueiras & Sónia Campos & Patrícia Tavares, 2017. "Impact of economic crisis on the social representation of mental health: Analysis of a decade of newspaper coverage," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 63(8), pages 736-743, December.

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