Communication Of News Research Articles

An emerging genre of contemporary fact-checking

PurposeBy exploring the social features of contemporary fact-checking this study aims to increase our understanding of fact-checking as a genre and shed light on some of the aspects that underpin the communication that fact-checkers engage in.Design/methodology/approachBy analyzing one snapshot of early COVID-19 coverage by three well-known fact-checkers and another one six months later, this study explores fact-checking as a genre. The material was examined for recurrent characteristics and the findings were categorized into corresponding themes that emerged through an open coding process.FindingsThree aspects were found to underpin a contemporary fact-checking genre. Firstly, the fact-checkers strive to facilitate accessibility. Secondly, the notion of building trust underlies the way fact-checkers promote themselves. Thirdly, fact-checking is underpinned by a pedagogical aspect. While the values and beliefs that are known to characterize traditional news media discourses are predominant in the construction of a fact-checking genre, fact-checkers also draw on conceptions typically found within academia to enact professional practices.Originality/valueContemporary fact-checking is still a fairly unexplored topic of research. This is particularly the case outside the field of journalism and media studies. This study complements earlier research from the perspective of information studies by exploring how fact-checking practices impact the communication and production of news in society.

Research on the Practice of Communication Education Curriculum under the Background of Big Data

With the advent of the information age, the function of big data is becoming more and more powerful in the new era. In the process of news dissemination in colleges and universities, there are many deficiencies that affect teaching efficiency, such as strict teaching methods in traditional teaching mode, insufficient learning initiative of students, and poor practical ability. With the help of information technology and modern big data technology, college news communication technology can create rich and varied teaching environment for students, guide students to practice and promote the improvement of comprehensive quality.

On the Teaching Strategies of Communication Courses under the Background of Media Convergence

In order to cope with the great changes in media integration, journalism education in colleges and universities is seeking reform and breakthrough. Communication is the basic theoretical course of news communication. The author finds that in teaching practice, with the acceleration of the process of media integration, more and more students misunderstand the communication science, and think that the communication theory is “outdated”, and the tendency of media integration is “out of touch”, which has a great influence on teaching.

Comunicación de malas noticias en el ámbito sanitario en tiempos de COVID-19. La comunicación telefónica.

Este artículo ha examinado la comunicación telefónica de malas noticias en el ámbito sanitario durante la emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional decretada por la OMS el 11 de marzo de 2020. Comunicar malas noticias no es una tarea fácil ni grata, especialmente cuando se trata de un fallecimiento. Sus efectos, tanto para el emisor como para el receptor, dependerán del modo en que esta se realice. En relación al receptor, una adecuada comunicación puede facilitar el proceso de aceptación y adaptación a la nueva realidad, aquella en la que su ser querido ya no está. Por lo que respecta al emisor, una correcta transmisión de la información puede suponer una disminución de los niveles de estrés aumentando la eficacia de la comunicación, presente y futura, así como reduciendo la probabilidad de aparición de problemáticas como el burnout. Una buena notificación de noticias desfavorables precisa de habilidades de comunicación y del manejo de pautas técnicas básicas de actuación, para lo cual es preciso formación. La situación de pandemia ocasionada por el virus SARS-CoV-2 ha convertido la comunicación de malas noticias, hasta ahora considerada una competencia menor, en un elemento central del proceso asistencial. Las circunstancias excepcionales de esta emergencia sanitaria han supuesto además, tener que realizar en muchas ocasiones las comunicaciones a través del teléfono, acción no recomendada en situaciones normales por los inconvenientes asociados y que ha supuesto un auténtico reto para los profesionales. La escasez de material específico sobre comunicación remota en situaciones excepcionales como la actual, hace necesario estudios e investigaciones que profundicen sobre el área. El presente artículo, ha tratado de abordar estas cuestiones.

A comparative analysis for spatio-temporal spreading patterns of emergency news

Understanding the propagation characteristics of online emergency news communication is of great importance to guiding emergency management and supporting the dissemination of vital information. However, existing methods are limited to the analysis of the dissemination of online information pertaining to a specific disaster event. To study the quantification of the general spreading patterns and unique dynamic evolution of emergency-related information, we build a systematic, comprehensive evaluation framework and apply it to 81 million reposts from Sina Weibo, Chinese largest online microblogging platform, and perform a comparative analysis with four other types of online information (political, social, techs, and entertainment news). We find that the spreading of emergency news generally exhibits a shorter life cycle, a shorter active period, and fewer fluctuations in the aftermath of the peak than other types of news, while propagation is limited to a few steps from the source. Furthermore, compared with other types of news, fewer users tend to repost the same piece of news multiple times, while user influence (which depends on the number of fans) has the least impact on the number of reposts for news of emergencies. These comparative results provide insights that will be useful in the context of disaster relief, emergency management, and other communication path prediction applications.

Research on the Development Path of External Publicity Work of University Propaganda Department under the Background of Media Integration

Today, in the 1920s of the 21st century, financial media has spread all over people's daily life, profoundly changing people's lifestyle and behavior habits. As one of the organizations of news communication institutions, the Propaganda department of colleges and universities is also facing the challenge of readjusting the development path.

Breaking bad news: what parents would like you to know

ObjectiveBreaking bad news about life-threatening and possibly terminal conditions is a crucial part of paediatric care for children in this situation. Little is known about how the parents of children...

Research on the Innovation Path of Computer Big Data Driven News Communication Network Teaching

The emergence of big data will drive profound changes in all aspects of society. In people’s lives, people’s behaviors, life trivia, theoretical research, etc. all rely on data, not people’s experience and experience; in education, students’ knowledge framework, chapter structure, etc. must be measured by data The editor of the book, rather than relying on the level of experience and qualifications of the teacher. The era of big data has put forward new requirements for journalists, such as rapidly mining "micro-values" in massive data and methods and capabilities for data calculation and modeling analysis. However, the current situation of China’s news communication education can not meet the demand of news talents in the data age and it is urgent to explore a new path to adapt to the development of the data age. This article briefly describes the research and analysis of the innovative path of computer big data driving news communication network teaching

Caregivers' and relatives' grief in intensive care unit: a literature review on nursing practices

Abstract Introduction The sudden and unexpected nature, which often characterizes death in intensive care, complicates the processing of the loss by relatives and caregivers increasing the risk of complicated grief (CG). Due to the high social impact and long-term consequences on the quality of life of relatives and caregivers, intensive care nurses should ensure evidence-based grief support interventions. This review aims to identify nursing interventions for the management of the bereavement of relatives and caregivers and to assess their effectiveness, relatives' and caregivers' satisfaction and prevention of CG. Methods Research was performed in CINAHL, PubMed, Psycinfo and Scopus databases with no limits on study design and publication timespan. The population included relatives or caregivers of patients died in intensive care unit. Results 14 studies met inclusion criteria. Two studies show that the communication of the bad news through dialogue between the team and relatives/caregivers can reduce, in the latter, the levels of anxiety and depression and the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder. The quality study by Kentish-Barnes et al. (2017) shows that subjects perceived support in receiving a letter of condolence, but the RCT of the same author concludes that those who received the letter were more exposed to the risk of CG. Four studies claim that follow-up meetings facilitate the process of adaptation to loss by providing relatives/caregivers the opportunity to clarify the circumstances of death. Finally, two studies report that the events of commemoration arouse positive emotions in family members. Conclusions The review process has identified only a small number of evidences on the effectiveness of nursing interventions, preventing the possibility of providing recommendations or guidelines. Further research is needed and it should consist of RCTs of high methodological quality. Key messages Due to the long-term consequences of the sudden death on the quality of life of relatives and caregivers, intensive care nurses should ensure evidence-based grief support interventions. The review process has identified only a small number of evidences on the effectiveness of nursing interventions, preventing the possibility of providing recommendations or guidelines.

Approach to the hidden curriculum through narrative medicine in the training of medical students

Hidden curricula are those contents learned that do not belong to the formal curriculum. Narrative medicine allows knowledge of health professionals' experiences. Approaching to the hidden curriculum can allow modifying or reinforcing instances of the nonformal learning. Analyze narrative medical students' productions to identify hidden curriculum contents. A cross-sectional study was conducted with Pediatric students during 2017. All the students of the course (14) participated and performed 50 narrative productions: 53 % corresponded to the hospitalization context, 17 % to ambulatory care, 17 % to the emergency center and 13 % to neonatology. The main topics described were doctor-patient communication, importance of family inclusion in the pediatric consultation, empathy, impact of chronic disease in children and communication of bad news. Narrative productions allowed an approximation to the hidden curriculum through reflections on professional actions.

The Content of COVID-19 Pandemic-Related Regulatory News Communications by UK Main Market Listed Firms

Purpose - To describe the broad categories and characteristics of information contained in COVID-19 pandemic-related corporate communications made as regulatory news by UK firms during the first half year of 2020, to describe the regulatory environment in which they took place, and to develop research questions that arise from these descriptions.Design/Methodology/Approach - Uses an empirical, descriptive, approach to develop underlying characterisations of financial communications. Uses inductive reasoning to move from the characterisations to potentially interesting research questions.Findings - We identify patterns of corporate communications concerning financial position (including) corporate debt negotiations, and corporate actions (including furloughing employees, cutting costs in general, corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and initiatives, cutting executive compensation, corporate distributions, and forecasting future performance). Issues raised by these communications suggest possible future research on the impact of these communications on stock prices and stock market participants in general, corporate social responsibility behaviour, statements and initiatives and their underlying rationale, and contracting between firms and lenders.Originality/Value - We provide a novel description of UK corporate communications during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic period and propose a related research agenda in the area of regulatory news disclosures.

Oncologists' Experience of Delivering Bad News in Korea.

This study explored oncologists' experiences of delivering bad news to patients with cancer and their families. Nine oncologists recruited from three superior hospitals in Korea completed in-depth interviews. The results of thematic analyses identified four themes: precursors to bad news delivery, why it is difficult to deliver bad news, when it is more difficult to deliver bad news, and strategies of delivering bad news. The participants felt unprepared for the task and stressed because breaking bad news goes against their responsibility to do no harm and their professional objective to promote healing. Although they were unclear about best practices regarding communication styles, they individualized their communication style to meet the needs of their patients, who have an array of cultural, social, and spiritual backgrounds. Understanding oncologists' perceptions of bad news delivery can inform culturally appropriate interventions for alleviating their stress and improving patient-physician relationships in communication of bad news.

Research on the Optimization Strategy of News Communication in the New Media Environment

With the development of Internet technology, human society has entered the era of big data. In the face of various kinds of data, the media must adapt to the new mode of information production and dissemination under the era of big data. Multi-media to assume the function of information dissemination, at the same time, the media should learn to excavate data assets and enrich the data assets. Therefore, news communication must optimize the communication strategy under the era of big data. This paper describes the current situation of news communication in the era of big data, then analyzes the challenges faced by news communication in the era of big data.

Research on the Production Mode and Communication Model of News Content in the New Media Electronic Era

With the continuous innovation and progress of electronic technology, the production mode of news content is gradually applied to all walks of life. This application has led to different degrees of changes in various industries. In the field of news communication, this change has innovated the traditional mode of news production and communication. To some extent, the rise of news production content gives new connotation to news production and communication mode. It breaks the time and space boundaries of news production. Based on the analysis of the production model and communication model of news content, this paper discusses its future development strategy and corresponding development trend.

Do investors’ reactions to CSR-related news communication differ by shareholder? An empirical analysis from Japan

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the differences in investors’ reactions toward firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR)-related news announcements between individuals and institutions.Design/methodology/approachAnalyzed by the short-term event study and ordinary least squares (OLS) methods using a unique CSR data set collected from newspapers in Japan from 2001 to 2016.FindingsThe study finds, first, the different reactions toward CSR-related news announcements among shareholders. Second, the findings indicate that individual investors are more sensitive to CSR-related positive news, whereas institutional investors are more concerned about the negative news, providing one of the reasons for mixed results in the studies on the CSR and financial performance linkage. Those findings indicate that CSR-related news affects investors’ behaviors differently based on their purpose, ability and accessible information.Practical implicationsThis study deepens the understanding of the different investing behaviors toward CSR-related announcements by shareholder type. Second, different attitudes among investors require different investor relations (IR) approaches depending on the type. It also provides valuable implications not only for Japanese business managers or policymakers but also for those from countries with a similar stage of market maturity in the CSR context.Originality/valueThis paper is original in two ways. First, to the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first paper to deepen the understanding of investors’ reactions toward CSR-related events through analysis by the main shareholder, which provides some insights into mixed results in the previous studies. Second, the original CSR data set collected from newspapers by the author allows the analysis to use a larger data set than other research, resulting in more robust conclusions.

Breaking Bad News: A Study on Formal Training in a High-Risk Obstetrics Setting.

Background: Breaking bad news is a frequent task in high-risk obstetrics clinics. Few studies have examined the role of training in improving such a difficult medical task.Aim: To evaluate the influence of a training program on the participants' perceptions of bad news communication at a high-risk obstetrics center.Design: This prospective study was conducted at the Department of Obstetrics/Gynecology, Hospital das Clinicas, from March 2016 to May 2017.Setting/Participants: Maternal-fetal health specialists were invited to complete an institutional questionnaire based on the SPIKES protocol for communicating bad news before and after training. The training consisted of theoretical lectures and small group practice using role play. The questionnaire responses were compared using nonparametric tests to evaluate the differences in physicians' perceptions at the two timepoints. The questionnaire items were evaluated individually and in groups following the communication steps of the SPIKES protocol.Results: In total, 110 physicians were invited to participate. Ninety completed the pretraining questionnaire and 40 answered the post-training questionnaire. After training, there were significant improvements in knowing how to prepare the environment before delivering bad news (p = 0.010), feeling able to transmit bad news (p < 0.001), and to discuss the prognosis (p = 0.026), feeling capable of discussing ending the pregnancy (p = 0.003), and end-of-life issues (p = 0.007) and feeling confident about answering difficult questions (p = 0.004). The comparison of the grouped responses following the steps of the SPIKES protocol showed significant differences for “knowledge” (p < 0.001), “emotions,” (p = 0.004) and “strategy and summary” (p = 0.002).Conclusion: The implementation of institutional training in breaking bad news changed the perception of the physicians in the communication setting.

Exploration on Sports News Communication Strategies of Traditional TV Media in the Context of New Media

&lt;p&gt;This paper focuses on sports journalism, analyzes the dissemination characteristics of sports news in the context of new media, take short sports videos as an example to analyze the "rise" of new media in sports news and explore the "shock" of television media. Based on the above, this paper also discusses how to maximize the advantages of TV media, keep up with the trend of the 5G era, and realize the sustainable development of TV media broadcasting sports news.&lt;/p&gt;

Experiences and hidden needs of older patients, their families and their physicians in palliative chemotherapy decision-making: a qualitative study.

This study aimed to clarify the experiences and hidden needs of older patients with advanced cancer, their families and their physicians in palliative chemotherapy decision-making. We conducted in-depth qualitative individual interviews with content analysis. Patients who were diagnosed as having advanced cancer, were aged ≥70years (n=15, median [range]=77 [70-82] years) and had volunteered to receive palliative chemotherapy within the past 6 months were enrolled. Their families and physicians were also interviewed. The following four themes were identified: (i) physician's awareness of paternalism; (ii) readiness for communication of serious news; (iii) spiritual care need assessment and (iv) support as a team. The patients and families expected physicians to demonstrate paternalism in their decision-making because they were unconfident about their self-determination capability. Although the physicians were aware of this expectation, they encountered difficulties in recommending treatment and communicating with older patients. The patients had spiritual pain since the time of diagnosis. Psychological issues were rarely discussed during decision-making and treatment, triggering feelings of isolation in the patients and their families. Older patients and their families expected a paternalistic approach by the physicians for palliative chemotherapy decision-making. The physicians found it difficult to offer treatment options because of older patient diversity and limitations in evidence-based strategies. Therefore multidisciplinary approaches and evidence-based decision support aids are warranted. Because older patients and their families often have unexpressed psychological burdens including unmet spiritual needs, medical professionals should provide psychological care from the time of diagnosis.

Everyday Life and Everyday Communication in Coronavirus Capitalism

In 2020, the coronavirus crisis ruptured societies and their everyday life around the globe. This article is a contribution to critically theorising the changes societies have undergone in the light of the coronavirus crisis. It asks: How have everyday life and everyday communication changed in the coronavirus crisis? How does capitalism shape everyday life and everyday communication during this crisis?&#x0D; Section 2 focuses on how social space, everyday life, and everyday communication have changed in the coronavirus crisis. Section 3 focuses on the communication of ideology in the context of coronavirus by analysing the communication of coronavirus conspiracy stories and false coronavirus news. &#x0D; The coronavirus crisis is an existential crisis of humanity and society. It radically confronts humans with death and the fear of death. This collective experience can on the one hand result in new forms of solidarity and socialism or can on the other hand, if ideology and the far-right prevails, advance war and fascism. Political action and political economy are decisive factors in such a profound crisis that shatters society and everyday life.&#x0D;

Assessing patients´ preferences for breaking Bad News according to the SPIKES-Protocol: the MABBAN scale

ObjectiveQuality of breaking bad news can seriously affect the course of disease. A frequently applied guideline is the SPIKES-Protocol that have been designed from the physician’s perspective. Little is known about patients’ preferences in breaking bad news. Our aim was to develop a questionnaire based on the SPIKES-protocol to detect patients´ preferences for breaking bad news communication. MethodsTheMarburg Breaking Bad News Scale (MABBAN) was developed and administered to 336 cancer patients. We used exploratory factor analysis. To examine potential relationships according to demographic and medical variables, regression analyses were conducted. ResultsThe novel questionnaire supported the six SPIKES-components of breaking bad news: Setting, Perception, Invitation, Knowledge, Emotions, and Strategy. Perception and Invitation clustered together to one subscale. Depending on clinical and demographic variables different components were rated as important. ConclusionCommunication preferences in breaking bad news can be assessed using a SPIKES-based questionnaire. Physicians should improve the setting, share knowledge in all clarity, involve the patients in further planning, and consider demographical variables. Practice implicationsUsing SPIKES as a framework can optimize breaking bad news conversations but it seems important to emphasize the individual preferences beyond the six steps and tailor the communication process to the individual.