Valuation of News Items Frequency Percentage Positive 51 58 Neutral 11 12.5 Negative 26 29.5 Total 88 100 Table 2 Valuation of representations of engineers and engineering – It is clear from the resulting data that the predominant amount of mentions of engineers and the engineering field are in fact positive, at 58%. Most articles were biased in some direction when discussing the aspect of engineering, with only 12.5% remaining neutral in their discussion. Drawbacks due to the short term nature of this media review can be countered with the fact that the results show such a strong inclination towards positive mentions therefore validating the – overall result. Themes Aggregated Frequency Percentage Home News: 34 38.6 Employment 16 18.2 Manufacturing/Industry 12 13.6 Social/Political 6 6.8 Business/Markets 22 25 Technology/Innovation/ Renewable Energy/ Science Today 11 12.5 Education/Bang.com 9 10.2 News 8 9.1 Arts / Health 4 4.5 Total 88 100 Table 3 Aggregation of the 50 initial categories in 11 subject groups – The majority of articles regarding engineering were discovered under the News’ sections of ‘Home each publication. As a result, this title was sub-divided under the headings ‘Employment’, and Industry’, and and Political’. Considering the recent interest in emigration ‘Manufacturing ‘Social and the state of the Irish economy, it is not surprising that employment-related articles are ranked as
Valuation of News Items Frequency Percentage Positive 51 58 Neutral 11 12.5 Negative 26 29.5 Total 88 100 Table 2 – Valuation of representations of engineers and engineering It is clear from the resulting data that the predominant amount of mentions of engineers and the engineering field are in fact positive, at 58%. Most articles were biased in some direction when discussing the aspect of engineering, with only 12.5% remaining neutral in their discussion. Drawbacks due to the short term nature of this media review can be countered with the fact that the results show such a strong inclination towards positive mentions – therefore validating the overall result. Themes Aggregated Frequency Percentage Home News: 34 38.6 Employment 16 18.2 Manufacturing/Industry Social/Political Business/Markets Technology/Innovation/ Renewable Energy/ Science Today Education/Bang.com News 12 6 22 11 9 8 13.6 6.8 25 12.5 10.2 9.1 Arts / Health 4 4.5 Total 88 100 Table 3 – Aggregation of the 50 initial categories in 11 subject groups The majority of articles regarding engineering were discovered under the ‘Home News’ sections of each publication. As a result, this title was sub-divided under the headings ‘Employment’, ‘Manufacturing and Industry’, and ‘Social and Political’. Considering the recent interest in emigration and the state of the Irish economy, it is not surprising that employment-related articles are ranked as