When Public Discourse Mirrors Academic Debate: Research Integrity in the Media
Ilaria Ampollini1, Massimiano Bucchi2
1Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, Via Verdi, 26, 38122, Trento, TN, Italy. ilaria.ampollini@unitn.it.
Abstract:
Most studies of research integrity in the general media focus on the coverage of specific cases of misconduct. This paper tries to provide a more general, long-term perspective by analysing media discourse about research integrity and related themes in the Italian and United Kingdom daily press from 2000 to 2016. The results, based on a corpus of 853 articles, show that media coverage largely mirrors debates about integrity and misconduct. In fact, salient themes in the news include the importance to overcome the so-called "rotten apple" paradigm; the key role of public trust in science; and the need to address flaws in the peer-review system.
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