Journalistic Conceptualisation of Science and Health: An Overview

This chapter presents an overview of research on health and science journalists. First, the chapter establishes the push and pull that journalists have with scientific culture, focusing mainly on the differing values and norms between science and journalism. Second, this chapter reviews the history and sociology of health and science journalism work, including some of the global challenges that journalists share, and then pivoting to specific findings in various parts of the world. Lastly, this chapter analyses what “health” means to health journalists and what “science” means to science journalists, particularly through research on framing and role conceptions. Overall, the chapter provides a thorough overview of communication research about health and science journalists.