Hurley Ryan J, Riles Julius Matthew, Sangalang Angeline
a Department of Communication , North Carolina State University.
Health Commun. 2014;29(1):41-50. doi: 10.1080/10410236.2012.715538. Epub 2013 Jan 28.
The Internet is one of the fastest growing news sources for many worldwide (Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, 2011), and cancer news is one frequently consumed form of online health information (Google, Inc., 2007). This content analysis of online cancer news (n = 862) retrieved from the four most frequented news websites describes trends regarding specific cancers, stages in the cancer continuum, and types of news articles. In general, treatment information received the most attention in online cancer news. Breast cancer received the most attention of each specific cancer, followed by digestive and genitourinary cancers. Research reports and profiles of people (more than 60% of which were about celebrities) were the most common article types. Risk, uncertainty, and clinical trials were also present across several types of cancer news articles. Implications of content trends are discussed as relevant to consumers, producers, health campaign designers, and researchers alike.
互联网是全球许多人增长最快的新闻来源之一（皮尤研究中心卓越新闻项目，2011年），癌症新闻是在线健康信息中经常被浏览的一种形式（谷歌公司，2007年）。这项对从四个最常访问的新闻网站检索到的在线癌症新闻（n = 862）进行的内容分析，描述了关于特定癌症、癌症连续阶段以及新闻文章类型的趋势。总体而言，治疗信息在在线癌症新闻中受到的关注最多。乳腺癌在每种特定癌症中受到的关注最多，其次是消化和泌尿生殖系统癌症。研究报告和人物简介（其中超过60%是关于名人的）是最常见的文章类型。风险、不确定性和临床试验也出现在几种类型的癌症新闻文章中。文中讨论了内容趋势对消费者、生产者、健康宣传活动设计者和研究人员的相关影响。
