公众人物中的癌症,2010-2020年
D J Benjamin1, M P Lythgoe2, J T Moyers3
1Hoag Family Cancer Institute, Newport Beach, USA.
概括
关于患有癌症的公众人物的新闻故事往往缺乏关于诊断,治疗和结果的关键细节. 这种缺乏信息可能会误导公众,阻碍对癌症复杂性的清晰理解.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 媒体研究 媒体研究
- 公共卫生传播 公共卫生传播
背景情况:
- 公众对癌症的看法在很大程度上是由媒体对公众人物的报道所塑造的.
- 新闻报道经常省略特定的癌症细节,可能导致混乱而不是清晰.
研究的目的:
- 分析新闻媒体如何在公众人物中描绘癌症.
- 为了确定这些新闻故事中关于癌症类型,治疗和预后的细节水平.
主要方法:
- 谷歌新闻搜索发现了2010年至2020年间发表的4135篇有关癌症的文章.
- 进一步分析了254篇文章的内容,这些文章特别关注患有癌症的公众人物.
主要成果:
- 有相当多的文章 (254) 讨论了患有癌症的公众人物.
- 许多文章缺乏关于癌症类型,阶段或接受治疗的具体信息.
- 当预后被提及时,它通常将个人描述为已故或前景不佳.
结论:
- 关于患有癌症的公众人物的新闻报道往往缺乏有关诊断和治疗的基本细节.
- 大多数文章都没有提供有关所讨论的癌症的教育信息.
- 公众应该意识到媒体报道中关于知名人士的具体癌症信息的普遍稀缺性.
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