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McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Sep 15, 2022
Research article The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper repor... more Research article The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
El autor explica como el projecto periodistico consiste en transmitir una concepcion estructurada... more El autor explica como el projecto periodistico consiste en transmitir una concepcion estructurada de los acontecimientos que se inspira en un nucleo heuristico particular, hecho de nociones de objetividad y de realismo en la afirmacion de los datos de la actualidad. La objetividad es vista alli nada mas que como una herencia de la antigua doctrina positivista segun la cual las informaciones sensoriales constituian un fundamento indispensable a todo conocimiento. La practica del realismo, por su parte, conduce a la creencia en una transmision «inmediata » y «transparente » de la realidad. Todas las tecnicas y tacticas del periodismo derivan de estos dos postulados. Este articulo muestra en que medida ellas son inadmisibles, sin embargo, y contrarias a una sana epistemologia.
The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign ... more The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters are written by leading professors of political science, journalism, and communications. They examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties -- the Conservatives (Faron Ellis and Peter Woolstencroft), Liberals (Brooke Jeffrey), New Democrats (Lynda Erickson and David Laycock), Block Quebecois (Eric Belanger and Richard Nadeau), and Green Party (Susan Harada). Also featured in this comprehensive volume are chapters on the media coverage (Christopher Waddell) and the way Canada's party finance laws affected the campaign (Tom Flanagan and Harol J. Jansen). The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the voting behaviour of Canadians in 2008 by Harold D. Clarke, Allan Kornberg, and Thomas J. Scotto, and an overview of the long- and short-term forces influencing the future of Canadian electoral politics by Lawrence LeDuc...
Social Science & Medicine, 2007
The transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of Canadian blood recipients was... more The transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of Canadian blood recipients was one of this country's largest public health catastrophes. In response to this crisis, and in an effort to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again, the Canadian blood system has undergone substantial reform. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) disease was the first infectious threat faced by the blood system since undergoing reform. The response at the time to this risk provides insights into the Canadian blood system's new approach to infectious threats. Our analysis of the decisionmaking concerning vCJD identifies two dominant themes characterizing the new blood system's approach to safety: (1) the adoption of a precautionary approach to new risks which involves taking action in advance of definitive evidence, and (2) risk aversion amongst policy makers, which has contributed to the adoption of safety measures with comparatively high cost-effectiveness ratios. Overall the principles governing the new blood system have contributed to the system both providing protection against emerging infectious risks and regaining the confidence of the public and recipients. However, the current set of policy factors will likely contribute to increasingly risk-averse policy making that will contribute to continued increases in the cost of the blood system. The challenge the blood system now faces is to find the appropriate balance between maximizing safety and ensuring the system remains affordable.
How Canadians Communicate, Vol. 1
BMC Public …, 2004
The media play an important role at the interface of science and policy by communicating scientif... more The media play an important role at the interface of science and policy by communicating scientific information to the public and policy makers. In issues of theoretical risk, in which there is scientific uncertainty, the media's role as disseminators of information is particularly important due ...
TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
Media Information Australia
Media Information Australia
Canadian Journal of Communication
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 15295039009360163, May 18, 2009
Cmaj Canadian Medical Association Journal, Jul 10, 2001
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 09505438909526262, Sep 23, 2009
Canadian Parliamentary Review, 2010
McGill-Queen's University Press eBooks, Sep 15, 2022
Research article The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper repor... more Research article The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
El autor explica como el projecto periodistico consiste en transmitir una concepcion estructurada... more El autor explica como el projecto periodistico consiste en transmitir una concepcion estructurada de los acontecimientos que se inspira en un nucleo heuristico particular, hecho de nociones de objetividad y de realismo en la afirmacion de los datos de la actualidad. La objetividad es vista alli nada mas que como una herencia de la antigua doctrina positivista segun la cual las informaciones sensoriales constituian un fundamento indispensable a todo conocimiento. La practica del realismo, por su parte, conduce a la creencia en una transmision «inmediata » y «transparente » de la realidad. Todas las tecnicas y tacticas del periodismo derivan de estos dos postulados. Este articulo muestra en que medida ellas son inadmisibles, sin embargo, y contrarias a una sana epistemologia.
The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign ... more The Canadian Federal Election of 2008 is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the campaign and election outcome. The chapters are written by leading professors of political science, journalism, and communications. They examine the strategies, successes, and failures of the major political parties -- the Conservatives (Faron Ellis and Peter Woolstencroft), Liberals (Brooke Jeffrey), New Democrats (Lynda Erickson and David Laycock), Block Quebecois (Eric Belanger and Richard Nadeau), and Green Party (Susan Harada). Also featured in this comprehensive volume are chapters on the media coverage (Christopher Waddell) and the way Canada's party finance laws affected the campaign (Tom Flanagan and Harol J. Jansen). The book concludes with a detailed analysis of the voting behaviour of Canadians in 2008 by Harold D. Clarke, Allan Kornberg, and Thomas J. Scotto, and an overview of the long- and short-term forces influencing the future of Canadian electoral politics by Lawrence LeDuc...
Social Science & Medicine, 2007
The transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of Canadian blood recipients was... more The transfusion transmission of hepatitis C and HIV to thousands of Canadian blood recipients was one of this country's largest public health catastrophes. In response to this crisis, and in an effort to prevent such a tragedy from occurring again, the Canadian blood system has undergone substantial reform. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob (vCJD) disease was the first infectious threat faced by the blood system since undergoing reform. The response at the time to this risk provides insights into the Canadian blood system's new approach to infectious threats. Our analysis of the decisionmaking concerning vCJD identifies two dominant themes characterizing the new blood system's approach to safety: (1) the adoption of a precautionary approach to new risks which involves taking action in advance of definitive evidence, and (2) risk aversion amongst policy makers, which has contributed to the adoption of safety measures with comparatively high cost-effectiveness ratios. Overall the principles governing the new blood system have contributed to the system both providing protection against emerging infectious risks and regaining the confidence of the public and recipients. However, the current set of policy factors will likely contribute to increasingly risk-averse policy making that will contribute to continued increases in the cost of the blood system. The challenge the blood system now faces is to find the appropriate balance between maximizing safety and ensuring the system remains affordable.
How Canadians Communicate, Vol. 1
BMC Public …, 2004
The media play an important role at the interface of science and policy by communicating scientif... more The media play an important role at the interface of science and policy by communicating scientific information to the public and policy makers. In issues of theoretical risk, in which there is scientific uncertainty, the media's role as disseminators of information is particularly important due ...
TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
Media Information Australia
Media Information Australia
Canadian Journal of Communication
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 15295039009360163, May 18, 2009
Cmaj Canadian Medical Association Journal, Jul 10, 2001
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 09505438909526262, Sep 23, 2009
Canadian Parliamentary Review, 2010