Public Health Information and Responsibility
Striking a balance between empowerment and raising concern with public health information. Plus, sound designer Peregrine Andrews talks about background music.
A documentary series, The Truth About Diabetes was recently broadcast on the ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service and it caused worry among many listeners. In response, Deborah Cohen, the editor of science programmes, explains what her teams’ responsibility is in ensuring it hits the fine line between empowerment and concern when broadcasting information about health issues.
Also, why is background music used in speech programming on the World Service? We invited Peregrine Andrews, a sound designer to answer that very question.
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- Sat 6 Feb 2016 18:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except News Internet
- Sun 7 Feb 2016 10:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except News Internet & ´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service US Public Radio
- Mon 8 Feb 2016 02:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service except Americas and the Caribbean, Australasia & News Internet
- Mon 8 Feb 2016 05:50GMT´óÏó´«Ã½ World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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