RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2012 Jul;28(3):265-70. doi: 10.1017/S0266462312000293.
The news media plays a central role in providing information regarding new medical technologies and exerts an influence on their social perception, understanding, and assessments. This study, therefore, analyzes how healthcare robotics are portrayed in the German print news media. It examines whether the risks and opportunities of new medical technologies are presented in a balanced manner and investigates whether or not print media coverage of these technologies is affected by science-fiction discourse, in which robots appear mostly as a threat to humans.
Ten years of German print media coverage (2000-2010) have been studied by means of systematic, standardized content analysis.
Reporting focuses predominantly on beneficial advancements in medical practice and the advantages of robotics for patients, medical staff, and society. The results show that the dominant relationship between robots and humans that is transmitted in print media in medical contexts is positive, with robots mostly portrayed as assistants, colleagues, or even friends. Only a small number of articles report ethical questions and risks.
In contrast to science-fiction discourse, the German print media provides a positive picture of robotics to the lay public.
新闻媒体在提供有关新医疗技术的信息方面发挥着核心作用，并对其社会认知、理解和评估产生影响。因此，本研究分析了德国平面新闻媒体如何描述医疗机器人。研究考察了新医疗技术的风险和机遇是否以平衡的方式呈现，并调查了这些技术的平面媒体报道是否受到科幻话语的影响，在科幻话语中，机器人主要被视为对人类的威胁。
通过系统、标准化的内容分析，研究了十年来德国平面媒体的报道（2000-2010 年）。
报道主要集中在医疗实践的有益进步以及机器人对患者、医务人员和社会的优势上。结果表明，在医学背景下，机器人与人类之间传递的主导关系是积极的，机器人大多被描绘成助手、同事，甚至是朋友。只有少数文章报道了伦理问题和风险。
与科幻话语相反，德国平面媒体向公众提供了机器人的积极形象。
