美国未经证实的COVID-19治疗方法的科学证据和不确定性的描述新闻:内容分析研究研究
Sara Watson1, Tyler J Benning2, Alessandro R Marcon3
1Biomedical Ethics Research Program, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States.
JMIR infodemiology
|August 29, 2024
概括
新闻报道经常讨论未经证实的COVID-19疗法的科学证据,但很少传达科学不确定性. 这限制了公众对在关键卫生危机期间不断发展的研究的理解.
科学领域:
- 医学沟通 医学沟通
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 科学新闻科学新闻学
背景情况:
- 政治化和错误信息挑战了关于未经证实的COVID-19治疗方法的公众沟通.
- 增加的公众恐惧和不确定性使得科学信息的传播变得复杂.
研究的目的:
- 分析美国新闻媒体对三种未经证实的COVID-19治疗方法的科学证据和不确定性的描述.
- 专注于经过验证的COVID-19治疗方法和疫苗的可用性之前的时期.
主要方法:
- 2020年1月1日至7月30日,媒体分析了479篇美国新闻报道 (传统和在线).
- 针对主题,证据,局限性,安全性,有效性和来源,对氧化,雷姆迪西维尔和康复性血的讨论进行系统分析.
主要成果:
- 大多数报告 (67%) 包括科学证据,但只有24%引用出版物.
- 关于remdesivir的索赔引用了"政府" (35%),康复性血引用了"专家" (38%),氧化引用了"知名人士" (79%,主要是前总统特朗普).
- 科学不确定性很少被传达;证据限制仅出现在26%的报告中,很少出现在标题 (2%) 或首页 (9%) 中.
结论:
- 新闻报道经常包括未经证实的COVID-19治疗方法的科学证据.
- 科学的不确定性和证据的局限性很少被报道,特别是在突出的新闻部分.
- 这种报道风格可能阻碍了公众在疫情期间对不断变化的科学景观的理解.
关键词:
在 COVID-19 疫情中,COVID-19 药物治疗 治疗 药物治疗在COVID-19治疗疗法中,美国的美国.通信 通信 通信 通信 通信.内容分析 内容分析有效性 有效性 有效性.证据 证据 证据 证据 证据 证据 证据卫生沟通健康沟通信息的传播和传播.信息来源 信息来源 信息来源媒体分析 媒体分析错误的信息 错误的信息新闻资讯 新闻资讯 新闻资讯 新闻资讯 新闻资讯 新闻资讯新闻报道 新闻报道流行病是一种流行病.提高公众的意识.公众的恐惧,公众的恐惧.报告报告报告报告报告.报告报告报告报告报告报告.在安全方面,安全是安全的.科学证据科学证据这是一种治疗疗法.治疗药物 治疗药物治疗疗法治疗疗法治疗疗法治疗治疗治疗治疗治疗治疗不确定性是一种不确定性.疫苗 疫苗 疫苗 疫苗疫苗,疫苗的使用情况.更多相关视频
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