This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In genre-specific terms, unlike mainstream media, niche media reported less mediagenic aspects of the end of life. Finally, although popular mainstream media focus on personal aspects of the end-of-life, elite mainstream media privilege political aspects.
Download full-text PDF |
Source |
|---|---|
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07481187.2012.738766 | DOI Listing |
Publication Analysis
Top Keywords
Similar Publications
A destructive active defense algorithm for deepfake face images.
PeerJ Comput Sci
October 2024
College of Media Engineering, Communication University of Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China.
The harm caused by deepfake face images is increasing. To proactively defend against this threat, this paper innovatively proposes a destructive active defense algorithm for deepfake face images (DADFI). This algorithm adds slight perturbations to the original face images to generate adversarial samples.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUncertainty Management in Chinese Mainstream Media's Health Communication on Weibo After COVID-19 Policy Shifts: A Discursive Exploration.
Health Commun
December 2024
School of Foreign Languages, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology.
Given the influence of emotional management on social media in public health communication, examining the discursive strategies employed in health-crisis communication is crucial. Using the Weibo posts of the as a data source, this study analyzes the discursive strategies and resources employed by the mainstream media to address uncertainties pertaining to a 2022 shift in COVID-19 policy. The findings reveal that the mainstream media use both informational and emotional strategies, expressing various epistemic stances and promoting positivity while countering negativity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFImpact of Regulatory Risk Communication on Thrombosis With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome for COVID-19 Adenovirus Vector Vaccines on European Healthcare Professionals.
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf
December 2024
Medicines Department, Centre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
Purpose: The European Medicines Agency (EMA) issued regulatory actions and communications in 2021 on thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS) associated with adenovirus vector vaccines Vaxzevria or Jcovden. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of these actions on awareness, knowledge and implementation in practises of healthcare professionals (HCP).
Methods: Web-based cross-sectional surveys were conducted on HCPs engaged in the vaccination, monitoring or counselling about the vaccines.
Highlighting Heroes and Ignoring Villains: Visual Framing of Polio and Polio Vaccine in Newspapers.
Health Commun
November 2024
William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas.
Polio vaccine hesitancy remains high in Pakistan due to various socio-political, religious, and economic factors. To address this, the government of Pakistan and its international partners such as UNICEF have devised a multipronged communication strategy to counter resistance to polio vaccine in hard-to-reach areas of the country. In this strategy, mainstream news media has been identified as a key stakeholder, as they have the potential to reach a wide range of population and disseminate easy to understand messages including both visuals and text.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFConceptualizing platformed conspiracism: Analytical framework and empirical case study of BitChute and Gab.
New Media Soc
December 2024
University of Zurich, Switzerland.
This article introduces the notion of platformed conspiracism to conceptualize reconfigured forms of conspiracy theory communication as a result of the mutual shaping between platform specificities and emergent user practices. To investigate this relational socio-technological shaping, we propose a conceptual platform-sensitive framework that systematically guides the study of platformed conspiracism. To illustrate the application of the framework, we examine how platformed conspiracism unfolds on BitChute and Gab during the COVID-19 pandemic.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWant AI Summaries of new PubMed Abstracts delivered to your In-box?
Enter search terms and have AI summaries delivered each week - change queries or unsubscribe any time!