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"media hype can usually be traced back to the researchers themselves" Journalist investigates media hype and lays blame not on the media. Film at 11.
by thrill 13y ago
"media hype can usually be traced back to the researchers themselves"
Journalist investigates media hype and lays blame not on the media. Film at 11.
- capnrefsmmat 13y agoYou might enjoy this paper: Gonon, F., Bezard, E., & Boraud, T. (2011). Misrepresentation of Neuroscience Data Might Give Rise to Misleading Conclusions in the Media: The Case of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. PLoS ONE, 6(1), e14618. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0014618.t003 It's thankfully open-access: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0014618 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjourna... They argue that a few prominent examples of misreporting in the media come from researchers misrepresenting their results in their abstracts, and journalists rarely read past abstracts.
- musicaldope 13y agoInteresting. Seems maybe journalists should rely on researchers other than a study's authors for interpretation? I don't mean that sarcastically (well, a little), but it seems that there's a fairly simple solution to this problem.