Renewable energy policies have been recognized as a cornerstone in the transition toward
low-emission energy systems. Media reports are an important variable in the policy-making …

Background The news media play an essential role in shaping public opinion. Analyzing a
specific issue reported in the news media provides insight and considerations for a …

The platformised news environment affects audiences, challenges the news media's role,
and transforms the media ecosystem. Digital platform companies influence opinion …

The past several years has seen a remarkable advancement in energy transition research
rooted in STS scholarship and a large growth in the study of political partisanship situated in …

A knowledge brokering model of news media is proposed to explain the influence of news
media on public policymaking processes. The model identifies five distinct knowledge …

The growing importance of social media in the political arena seems to be in line with the
mediatization of politics thesis, which states that mediated communication is becoming more …

As journalism undergoes widespread changes, it finds itself in a 'new normal'. Research
seeking to understand these changes by surveying journalists faces new methodological …

The COVID-19 pandemic has increasingly been defined as the shecession for its
disproportionate debilitating impact on women. Despite this gendered analysis, a number of …

Decision-making in public bureaucracies should be guided by rules and formal procedures,
securing predictability, impartiality and fair decisions. Studies show that public …

Objectives Catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) has considerable effects on household
living standards, but little is known regarding the relationships between CHE and people's …