This paper adds the case of Slovenia to the vast body of studies on investigative journalism around the world. It explores how investigative journalism has developed in Slovenia since the late 1980s and tries to establish whether conclusions about the disappearance of quality investigative journalism are still up-to-date. A critical discourse analysis of news items covering three institutional ...

Mass media are the primary source that increases people 's awareness about agriculture and are an important resource for the diffusion of innovations. Educating journalists is important because journalists play a significant role in shaping public perceptions. The public has a stake in the outcomes of science because of the social, economic and environmental implications of innovations; therefo...

How issues are covered in the media is an important factor in influencing public opinion, policy, and individual behavior. During the 1990s, the tobacco control movement developed a youth focus, prompted by research showing that most adult smokers begin tobacco use as teens. However, concern has been raised that this youth focus has derailed the overall goal of achieving a smoke-free society. N...

Reports an interview study into information seeking and use by journalists at a national British newspaper. Describes work activity in the context of a series of behaviour shaping constraints and cognitive and external resources. Describes the journalist’s information seeking as motivated by originality checking (of the angle), developing a personal understanding, discovering/confirming potenti...

ith the Winter Olympics coming to Turin in February, 2006, bringing a million spectators and thousands of journalists, articles that describe this magnificent Italian city are becoming commonplace. Many journalists rightly feel that they should mention the city’s most famous artifact, the Shroud of Turin. And indeed they should. But what to write? Because the shroud is a religious object, belie...

__________________________________________ Gatekeeping theory has been called “one of the most easily accessible theories”1 and is certainly one of the most enduring in mass communication research.2 Shoemaker writes that the basic idea of gatekeeping—that there is some selectivity in how and how many news items are presented—has always been apparent.3 Initial inquiries into gatekeeping theory l...

Our increasingly interconnected society has allowed total strangers to share insights in real time with increasing frequency and ease through the use of social networking sites like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Plus. Twitter, a social network based on the cell phone short messaging system, has previously shown an ability to aid in the sharing of information during major events such as...

Political scientists frequently lament the media’s neglect of our research. Although reporters should have a basic understanding of the field, it is not reasonable to expect them to restate the conclusions of academic research on a daily basis. Moreover, it is not always clear how research findings apply within the conventions of political journalism, which is context-specific and episodic in n...