How Journalistic Conventions Obscure the Causes of Road Accidents
Reporting on road traffic collisions in German-speaking countries is often not neutral and instead shifts the blame from motorists to cyclists and pedestrians. Journalists tend to relate road accidents as isolated incidents and thus play down structural problems in policy and infrastructure. This is the finding of a new study published in the journal "Mobilities." Prepared by an interdisciplinary team of researchers, the study also offers guidance for more precise reporting, with the aim of promoting safe mobility.