How Accurate Is the Science News We Receive from the Mass Media? [microform] / Fred Molitor
- Bib ID:
- 5533497
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Molitor, Fred
- Description:
-
- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1991
- 32 p.
- Summary:
-
One day before a health study appeared in the "New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)" the study was reported media. A content analysis of the top 5 national newspapers examined the accuracy of this news reporting. The NEJM study found that men who took aspirin had 50% fewer heart attacks than men who received a placebo. Analysis of the original study and the news articles about the study showed that journalists did not present the research methodology correctly, and omitted and sensationalized information from both the formal study and the medical professionals they interviewed. Results also indicated that by incorrectly generalizing the results and by overemphasizing the importance of the study, journalists may have been responsible for encouraging unhealthy or even deadly behaviors. (One table of data is included; 27 references are attached.) (PRA)
- Notes:
-
- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association (41st, Chicago, IL, May 23-27, 1991).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.