Bulgarian National Radio and Darik radio as field of the expert knowledge: scientists in the media during COVID-19 Cover Image

Българското национално радио и Дарик радио като сцени на знанието: учените в медиите по време на Ковид-19
Bulgarian National Radio and Darik radio as field of the expert knowledge: scientists in the media during COVID-19

Author(s): Elena Fuchedzhieva
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, Education, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Psychology, Photography, Visual Arts, Social Philosophy, Civil Society, Governance, Communication studies, Sociology, Sociology of Art, Geopolitics, Rhetoric, History of Art
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: expert; scientist; COVID-19; media; radio

Summary/Abstract: The present study focuses on expert knowledge as the most relevant information during crisis and the role of media in the selection and identification of experts whose knowledge and experience is presented to the audience. The coronavirus crisis was one of the most unexpected crises in Bulgaria and that is why the experts and their knowledge turned out to be in the focus of attention of the public, the institutions, the national operational headquarters, and the media. The purpose of this study is to examine how journalists find and impart the experts knowledge to their audiences during crises; which scientists and experts they invite for interviews; how they present them to the audience; what kind of dialogues they form and whether their attitude towards the different types of experts they talk to changes. Are there any differences in the dialogues with the experts in the two media selected – Bulgarian national radio and Darik radio – and what specifics and tendencies could be marked in the conversations with them during the period 8th of March – 8th of April 2020.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 205-226
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Bulgarian