H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries

The media play a significant role in public health issues, particularly when they become the main or one of the main sources of information for citizens. Their role is key in risk perceptions of the population no matters if it’s near or away from the actual risk. This work studied the forms of treat...

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Main Authors: Lina Mondragón Pérez, Daniel Hermelin, Juanita Moreno Londoño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad del Rosario; Universidad de los Andes de Venezuela; Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2013-12-01
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Online Access:https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/disertaciones/article/view/3855
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description The media play a significant role in public health issues, particularly when they become the main or one of the main sources of information for citizens. Their role is key in risk perceptions of the population no matters if it’s near or away from the actual risk. This work studied the forms of treatment that three Colombian news made of the topic of H1N1 flu in the early days that the news appeared in the media agenda. The analysis here allowed us to meet relevant elements of the position taken by the national news Noticias RCN, Noticias Caracol and CM& in the coverage of the virus, which was characterized by a tendency towards dramatization of the content shown in overexposure of the subject. We searched some elements to approach the representations given by the media and possible matches, and resonance with the public representations with this issue, related to this event and with more general aspects of health risks, whose importance is growing in Colombian and Latin-American media.
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spelling doaj.art-f3caf1636de84498bae2d4436aeb40f92022-12-22T01:32:14ZengUniversidad del Rosario; Universidad de los Andes de Venezuela; Universidad Complutense de MadridDisertaciones1856-95362013-12-01621742052640H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and ImaginariesLina Mondragón Pérez0Daniel Hermelin1Juanita Moreno Londoño2EAFITEAFITEAFITThe media play a significant role in public health issues, particularly when they become the main or one of the main sources of information for citizens. Their role is key in risk perceptions of the population no matters if it’s near or away from the actual risk. This work studied the forms of treatment that three Colombian news made of the topic of H1N1 flu in the early days that the news appeared in the media agenda. The analysis here allowed us to meet relevant elements of the position taken by the national news Noticias RCN, Noticias Caracol and CM& in the coverage of the virus, which was characterized by a tendency towards dramatization of the content shown in overexposure of the subject. We searched some elements to approach the representations given by the media and possible matches, and resonance with the public representations with this issue, related to this event and with more general aspects of health risks, whose importance is growing in Colombian and Latin-American media.https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/disertaciones/article/view/3855H1N1cubrimientomedios de comunicaciónnoticieros colombianoscontrato de lecturaagenda settingtipos de mediacióndramatizaciónimaginarios
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Daniel Hermelin
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H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
Disertaciones
H1N1
cubrimiento
medios de comunicación
noticieros colombianos
contrato de lectura
agenda setting
tipos de mediación
dramatización
imaginarios
title H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
title_full H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
title_fullStr H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
title_full_unstemmed H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
title_short H1N1 and TV News in Colombia: Risk Representations and Imaginaries
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topic H1N1
cubrimiento
medios de comunicación
noticieros colombianos
contrato de lectura
agenda setting
tipos de mediación
dramatización
imaginarios
url https://revistas.urosario.edu.co/index.php/disertaciones/article/view/3855
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