"他们只是沉默了真相":COVID-19的撤回和科学的政治化
Rod Abhari, Emőke-Ágnes Horvát1
1Northwestern University, USA.
Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)
|October 30, 2024
概括
在社交媒体上分析了撤回的COVID-19研究撤回. 这取决于文章的内容.
科学领域:
- 社交媒体分析
- 科学传播是科学传播.
- 公众对科学的信任.
背景情况:
- 撤回的科学文章,特别是与COVID-19相关的文章,在社交媒体平台上获得了显著的吸引力.
- 公众对科学信心较低,可能导致撤回被误解为审查或完全忽视.
- 了解撤回的看法对于保持科学完整性和公众信任至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析推特上围绕两篇广泛分享的撤回的COVID-19文章 (Mehra20和Rose21) 在撤回之前和之后的公共话语.
- 根据文章所感知的政治或社会影响,调查撤回的框架如何不同.
- 在科学反刊物和对机构腐败的看法背景下探索撤回的作用.
主要方法:
- 与Mehra20和Rose21文章相关的推特的内容分析.
- 在官方撤回日期之前和之后对推特内容和情绪进行比较分析.
- 检查不同用户群体如何解释和共享有关撤回的信息.
主要成果:
- 梅拉20的撤回,被认为是有政治动机的,被广泛分享为偏见出版的证据.
- Rose21的撤回,被解释为疫苗危害的证据,经常被忽视或被疫苗反对者视为审查.
- 反公共机构选择性地使用撤回强调了科学监管的重构作为机构腐败.
结论:
- 科学文章的撤回不被统一地看待,并且可以由各种群体共同选择,以支持先前存在的信念.
- 撤回的解释受到围绕原始研究的社会和政治背景的严重影响.
- 这种选择性的撤回使用可能会破坏对科学机构和过程的信任.
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