大众媒体中的科学报道与利益冲突。
Reporting science and conflicts of interest in the lay press.
作者信息
Cook Daniel M, Boyd Elizabeth A, Grossmann Claudia, Bero Lisa A
机构信息
School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, United States of America.
出版信息
PLoS One. 2007 Dec 5;2(12):e1266. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001266.
BACKGROUND
Forthright reporting of financial ties and conflicts of interest of researchers is associated with public trust in and esteem for the scientific enterprise.
METHODS/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: We searched Lexis/Nexis Academic News for the top news stories in science published in 2004 and 2005. We conducted a content analysis of 1152 newspaper stories. Funders of the research were identified in 38% of stories, financial ties of the researchers were reported in 11% of stories, and 5% reported financial ties of sources quoted. Of 73 stories not reporting on financial ties, 27% had financial ties publicly disclosed in scholarly journals.
CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Because science journalists often did not report conflict of interest information, adherence to gold-standard recommendations for science journalism was low. Journalists work under many different constraints, but nonetheless news reports of scientific research were incomplete, potentially eroding public trust in science.
背景
研究人员对财务关系和利益冲突进行坦诚报告，与公众对科学事业的信任和尊重相关。
方法/主要发现：我们在Lexis/Nexis学术新闻数据库中搜索了2004年和2005年发表的顶级科学新闻报道。我们对1152篇报纸报道进行了内容分析。在38%的报道中确定了研究的资助者，11%的报道提及了研究人员的财务关系，5%的报道提及了所引用资料来源的财务关系。在73篇未报道财务关系的报道中，27%的报道在学术期刊上公开披露了财务关系。
结论/意义：由于科学记者常常不报道利益冲突信息，科学新闻报道对黄金标准建议的遵循度较低。记者们在诸多不同限制条件下工作，但尽管如此，科学研究的新闻报道仍不完整，这可能会削弱公众对科学的信任。
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