新闻报道COVID-19错误信息与在线搜索行为之间的关系
Ella Douglas-Durham1, Andy S L Tan2,3,4, Karen M Emmons1
1Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University.
Health communication
|August 30, 2024
概括
主流新闻报道在COVID-19大流行期间显著增加了公众对氧化和ivermectin错误信息的兴趣. 媒体对疫苗错误信息的报道没有显示类似的效果,强调需要仔细报道.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 卫生沟通健康沟通
背景情况:
- 健康错误信息通过影响信仰,行为和政策支持,对公共卫生构成重大威胁.
- 主流新闻媒体可以无意中通过他们的报道扩大健康错误信息,增加其公众的突出性.
研究的目的:
- 调查主流新闻媒体报道对大流行期间特定COVID-19健康错误信息的公众突出性的议程设置影响.
- 分析新闻媒体报道量与公众搜索兴趣 (谷歌趋势) 之间的关联,针对三个关键错误信息主题.
主要方法:
- 分析了新闻媒体报道量和谷歌趋势相对搜索量随着时间的推移对三个COVID-19错误信息主题的分析:氧化,COVID-19疫苗不孕症索赔和ivermectin.
- 利用自回归集成移动平均 (ARIMA) 模型来分析媒体报道和公众搜索兴趣之间的时间序列关系,控制自相关性.
主要成果:
- 新闻媒体报道量是同一天公众搜索量对氧化和甲胺错误信息的重要预测因素.
- 在新闻媒体报道和公众搜索量之间没有发现任何显著的关联,这些声称将COVID-19疫苗与不孕症联系起来.
结论:
- 主流新闻媒体的报道可以在公共卫生危机期间使特定的健康错误信息在公众眼中脱而出.
- 媒体应该优先考虑将错误信息的报道与科学共识联系起来,以减轻其传播和影响.
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