Morani Marina, Cushion Stephen, Kyriakidou Maria, Soo Nikki
School of Journalism, Media and Culture - Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Journalism (Lond). 2022 Dec;23(12):2513-2532. doi: 10.1177/14648849221127629.
The study examines the role of experts in UK television news at the start of the coronavirus pandemic by analysing both how they were used in coverage and perceived by news audiences. Our systematic content analysis of sources ( = 2300) used in the UK's flagship evening news bulletins found a reliance on political sources, principally from the government's perspective. We also discovered health and scientific experts received limited coverage and were only occasionally used to scrutinise public health policy. Yet, our six-week online diary study with 175 participants identified a strong preference for expert views about how the pandemic was being handled. It showed audiences favoured a range of expert sources in routine reporting - balancing government appointed and independent experts - to provide evidence-based scrutiny of the executive's decision-making. Overall, our findings contribute to a greater understanding of audience expectations, opinions, and experiences with broadcast news during a major public health crisis.
该研究通过分析专家在新冠疫情初期英国电视新闻中的使用方式以及新闻受众对他们的看法，来探讨专家在其中所扮演的角色。我们对英国旗舰晚间新闻公告中使用的消息来源（=2300个）进行了系统的内容分析，发现主要依赖政治消息来源，且主要是从政府的角度。我们还发现健康和科学专家的报道有限，只是偶尔被用来审视公共卫生政策。然而，我们对175名参与者进行的为期六周的在线日记研究表明，受众强烈倾向于听取关于疫情应对方式的专家意见。研究显示，在常规报道中，受众青睐一系列专家消息来源——平衡政府任命的专家和独立专家——以便对行政部门的决策进行基于证据的审视。总体而言，我们的研究结果有助于更深入地了解重大公共卫生危机期间受众对广播新闻的期望、看法和体验。
