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Choices that Make Radio Science Stories

December 21, 2004 | Media and Technology
What makes a science story? Behind the scene there are many choices: what, how and when to broadcast. Decisions are made according to the general criteria of news values to which we add two groups: personal and emerging criteria. General criteria of choices are news values for the science stories. According to Tonner, stories containing human interest are important in everyday life, report less complicate discoveries and science as a part of the broader subject comes to the media easily.

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  • Blanka Jergovic
    Author
    University of Dubrovnik
  • Citation

    ISSN : 1824-2049
    Publication Name: Journal of Science Communication
    Volume: 3
    Number: 4
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: General STEM | Nature of science
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media

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