Daniel Catalán-Matamoros|Carlos Elías
Vaccine Hesitancy in the Age of Coronavirus and Fake News: Analysis of Journalistic Sources in the Spanish Quality Press
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid|University of Almería|Universidad Nebrija|Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
study quality press use sources relevant understand role journalists scientific controversies objective examine media sourcing patterns using case vaccines backdrop articles retrieved national quality press spain content analysis undertaken sources variables tone frames journalistic genre software mynews nvivo used data collection coding spss excel used statistical analysis findings indicate sources related government professional associations scientific companies frequently used confirming central role government institutions journalistic sources followed university scientists scientific journals clinicians hand ngos patients groups included fewer 5 articles 30 included none one source expressing unbalanced perspectives frequent use certain source types particularly governmental may indicate state structures power study provides better understanding journalistic routines coverage vaccines including fresh perspectives current covid19 pandemic