Journalists and their sources of ideas and information on medicines

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 approa...

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Published in:Social science & medicine (1982) 1994-02, Vol.38 (4), p.637-643
Main Authors: van Trigt, Anke M., de Jong-van den Berg, Lolkje T.W., Haaijer-Ruskamp, Flora M., Willems, Jaap, Tromp, Theo F.J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Drug Industry
Drugs
General aspects
Health care
Humans
Information
Information Sources
Interviews as Topic
Journalism, Medical
Journalists
Medical sciences
Medications
Medicine
medicines
Netherlands
news sources of journalists
newspapers medicines news sources of journalists
Periodicals as Topic
Pharmaceutical industry
Prescribed
Reporters
Science
Sources
Universities
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0277-9536
1873-5347
DOI:10.1016/0277-9536(94)90261-5