Mediating science in Norway : practices and transformations in major newspapers
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Andersen, E. K. & Hornmoen, H. (2011). Mediating science in Norway : practices and transformations in major newspapers. Media Transformations, 5, 88-104.Sammendrag
What characterizes journalistic representations of researchers and research in
Norway? This article presents a quantitative analysis and a discourse analysis of how journalism
that covers and uses scientific research has been practiced in major Norwegian newspapers in
1966, 1986 and 2006. The quantitative analysis suggests that this coverage in some respects has
not changed significantly (e.g. the amount of sources used, the genres used for presentation).
On the other hand, a comparative discourse analysis of articles covering emergent science in the
three periods indicates how representations of scientific research are changing from resembling
science’s own discourses to a more distinct adaption of the research, adjusting it to journalistic
requirements of angles and storylines. However, the study presented here does not suggest that
science journalism in Norway has developed an independent position from which it can throw
a light upon scientific developments in a critical manner.