The influence of presumed media influence on news about science and scientists

Science Communication

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-166

  Tsfati, Yariv ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^a   Gunther, Albert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

news coverage of science; presumed media influence; scientists' media motivations; third person effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959231614     PISSN: 10755470     EISSN: 15528545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1075547010380385     Document Type: Article

References (49)

1. Andsager, J., & White, H.A. (2007). Self versusothers: Media, messages, and the third person effect. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
2. Berkowitz, D.A. (2009). Reporters and their sources. In K. Wahl-Jorgensen & T. Hanitzsch (Eds.), The handbook of journalism studies (pp. 102-115). New York, NY: Routledge.
3. Bornmann, L., & Daniel, H.-D. (2005). Does the h-index for ranking of scientists really work? Scientometrics, 65, 391-392.
4. Boykoff, M.T. (2008). Lost in translation? United States television news coverage of anthropogenic climate change, 1995-2004. Climatic Change, 86(1-2), 1-11.
5. Brechman, J., Lee, C.J., & Cappella, J.N. (2009). Lost in translation? A comparison of cancer-genetics reporting in the press release and its subsequent coverage in the press. Science Communication, 30, 453-474.
6. Chia, S. (2006). How peers mediate media influence on adolescents' sexual attitudes and sexual behavior. Journal of Communication, 56, 585-606.
7. Cohen, A., Vigoda, E., & Samorly, A. (2001). Analysis of the mediating effect of personal-psychological variables on the relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation: A structural equations framework. Political Psychology, 22, 727-757.
8. Cohen, J., & Tsfati, Y. (2009). The influence of presumed media influence on strategic voting. Communication Research, 36, 359-378.
9. Cohen, J., Tsfati, Y., & Sheafer, T. (2008). The influence of presumed media influence in politics: Do politicians' perceptions of media power matter. Public Opinion Quarterly, 72, 331-344.
10. Cronin, B., & Meho, L. (2006) Using the h-Index to rank influential information scientists, Journal of the American Association for Information Science and Technology, 57, 1275-1278.
11. Davison, W.P. (1983). The third-person effect in communication. Public Opinion Quarterly, 47, 1-15.
12. Dillard, J.P., Shen, L., & Vail, R.G. (2007). Does perceived message effectiveness cause persuasion or vice versa? Human Communication Research, 33, 467-488.
13. Dunwoody, S., Brossard, D., & Dudo, A. (2009). Socialization or rewards? Predicting U.S. scientist-media interactions. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 86, 299-314.
14. Dunwoody, S., & Ryan, M. (1985). Scientific barriers to the popularization of science in the mass media. Journal of Communication, 35, 26-42.
15. Eysenck, S.B.G., & Eysenck, H.J. (1964). An improved short questionnaire for the measurement of extraversion and neuroticism. Life Sciences, 3, 1103-1109.
16. Gans, H.J. (1979). Deciding what's news: A study of CBS evening news, NBC nightly news, Newsweek, and Time. New York, NY: Pantheon.
17. Gunther, A.C. (1995). Overrating the X-rating: The third-person perception and support for censorship of pornography. Journal of Communication, 45(1), 27-38.
18. Gunther, A.C., Bolt, D., Borzekowski, D.L.B., Liebhart, J.L., & Dillard, J.P. (2006). Presumed influence on peer norms: How mass media indirectly affect adolescent smoking. Journal of Communication, 56, 52-68.
19. Gunther, A.C., Perloff, R.M., & Tsfati Y. (2008). Public opinion and the third-person effect. In W. Donsbach & M. Traugott (Eds.), Handbook of public opinion research (pp. 184-191). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
20. Gunther, A.C., & Storey, J.D. (2003). The influence of presumed influence. Journal of Communication, 53, 199-215.
21. Hartz, J., & Chappell, R. (1997). Worlds apart: How the distance between science and journalism threatens American future. Nashville, TN: First Amendment Center.
22. Hircsh, J.E. (2005). An index to quantify an individual's scientific research output. Retrieved fromhttp://arxiv.org/PS_cache/physics/pdf/0508/0508025v5.pdf.
23. Hoffner, C., Buchanan, M., Anderson, J.D., Hubbs, L.A., Kamigaki, S.K., Kowalczyk, L., Silberg, K.J. (1999). Support for censorship of television violence: The role of third person effect and news exposure. Communication Research, 26, 726-742.
24. Huh, J., & Langteau, R. (2007). Presumed influence of DTC prescription drug advertising on patients: Physicians' perspective. Journal of Advertising, 36, 151-172.
25. Ilani, O. (2009, August 13). Prof. Menachem Ben Sasson explains how to connect the people to the university. Haaretz. Retrieved fromhttp://math.haifa.ac.il/yair/censor-notepad.html.
26. McCroskey, J.C. (1970). Measures of communication-bound anxiety. Speech Monographs, 37, 269-277.
27. McCroskey, J.C. (1977). Oral communication apprehension: A summary of recent theory and research. Human Communication Research, 4, 78-96.
28. McLeod, D.M., Eveland, W.P., Jr., & Nathanson, A.I. (1997). Support for censorship of violent and misogynic Rap lyrics. Communication Research, 24, 153-174.
29. Moloch, H., & Lester, M. (1973). News as purposive behavior: On the strategic use of routine events, accidents and scandals. American Sociological Review, 39, 101-112.
30. Peters, H.P. (1995). The interaction of journalists and scientific experts: Cooperation and conflict between two professional cultures. Media, Culture & Society, 17, 31-48.
31. Peters, H.P., Brossard, D., de Cheveinge, S., Dunwoody, S., Kallfass, M., Miller, S., & Tsuchida, S. (2008). Interactions with the media. Science, 321, 204-205.
32. Phillips, D.P., Kanter, E.J., Bednarczyk, B., & Tastad, P.L. (1991). Importance of the lay press in the transmission of medical knowledge to the scientific community. New England Journal of Medicine, 325, 1180-1183.
33. Poliakoff, E., & Webb, T.L. (2007). What factors predict scientists' intentions to participate in public engagement of science activities? Science Communication, 29, 242-263.
34. Preacher, K.J., & Hayes, A.F. (2008). Asymptotic and resampling strategies for assessing and comparing indirect effects in multiple mediator models. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 879-891.
35. Reich, Z. (2006). The process model of news initiative. Journalism Studies, 7, 497-514.
36. Reich, Z. (2009). Sourcing the news: Key issues in journalism-An innovative study of the Israeli press. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton.
37. Rojas, H., Shah, D.V., & Faber, R.J. (1996). For the good of others: Censorship and the third-person effect. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 8, 163-186.
38. Royal Society. (2006). Science communication: Survey of the factors affecting science communication by scientists and engineers. Retrieved fromhttp://royalsociety.org/General_WF.aspx?pageid=7967.
39. Sheafer, T., & Wolfsfeld, G. (2004). Production assets, news opportunities, and publicity for legislators: A study of Israeli Knesset members. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 4, 611-630.
40. Sigal, L.V. (1973). Reporter sand officials. Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath.
41. Scheufele, D.A., Corley, E.A., Shih, T.J., Darlymple, K.E., & Ho, S.S. (2009). Religious beliefs and public attitudes toward nanotechnology in Europe and the United States. Nature Nanotechnology, 4, 91-94.
42. Tal-Or, N., Cohen, J., Tsfati, Y. & Gunther, A. (2010). Testing Causal Direction in the Influence of Presumed Media Influence Communication Research first published on June 16, 2010 doi:10.1177/0093650210362684.
43. Tewksbury, D., Moy, P., & Weis, D.S. (2004). Preparations for Y2K: Revisiting the behavioral component of the third-person effect. Journal of Communication, 54, 138-155.
44. Tsfati, Y., Ribak, R., & Cohen, J. (2005). Rebelde Way in Israel: Parental perceptions of television influence and monitoring of children's social and media activities. Mass Communication & Society, 8, 3-22.
45. Xu, J., & Gonzenbach, W.J. (2008). Does a perceptual discrepancy lead to action? A meta analysis of the behavioral component of the third person effect. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 20, 375-385.
46. Van Raan, A.F.J. (2006). Comparison of the Hirsch index with standard bibliometric indicators and with peer judgment for 147 chemistry research groups. Scientometrics, 67, 491-502.
47. Willems, J. (2003). Bringing down the barriers. Nature, 422, 470.
48. Weigold, M.F. (2001), Communicating science: A review of the literature. Science Communication, 23,164-193.
49. Wolfendale Committee. (1995). Committee to review the contribution of scientists and engineers to the public understanding of science, engineering and technology- Final report. London, England: Office of Science and Technology.