One Small Droplet: News Media Coverage of Peer-Reviewed and University-Based Education Research and Academic Expertise

Autor/in	Yettick, Holly
Titel	One Small Droplet: News Media Coverage of Peer-Reviewed and University-Based Education Research and Academic Expertise
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 44 (2015) 3, S.173-184 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X15574903
Schlagwörter	Educational Research; Peer Evaluation; Expertise; Scholarship; Citation Analysis; Evidence; Quality Assurance; News Media; News Reporting; Mass Media Effects; Mass Media Role; Barriers; Media Research; Content Analysis; Interviews; Regression (Statistics); Research Utilization; Journalism; Universities; Bibliometrics; Mixed Methods Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Expert appraisal; Scholarships; Stipendium; Citation; Citations; Zitatenanalyse; Zitat; Evidenz; Qualitätssicherung; Nachrichtenwesen; News report; Reportage; Medienforschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Forschungsumsetzung; Journalistik; Journalismus; University; Universität; Bibliometrie
Abstract	Most members of the American public will never read this article. Instead, they will obtain much of their information about education from the news media. Yet little academic research has examined the type or quality of education research and expertise they will find there. Through the lens of gatekeeping theory, this mixed-methods study aims to address that gap by examining the prevalence of news media citations of evidence that has undergone the quality-control measure of peer review and expertise associated with academics generally required to have expertise in their fields. Results suggest that, unlike science or medical journalists, education writers virtually never cite peer-reviewed research. Nor do they use the American Educational Research Association as a resource. Academic experts are also underrepresented in news media coverage, especially when compared to government officials. Barriers between the news media and academia include structural differences between research on education and the medical or life sciences as well as journalists' lack of knowledge of the definition and value of peer review and tendency to apply and misapply news values to social science research and expertise. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01