User comments about research findings: How conflictual information in online science journalistic articles influences laypeople’s understanding of scientific tentativeness

Autor:	Insa Feinkohl, Joachim Kimmerle, Ulrike Cress, Danny Flemming
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Communication 0502 economics and business 05 social sciences 050301 education 050211 marketing Interpersonal communication Psychology Research findings 0503 education Intercultural communication Social psychology
Zdroj:	Communications. 42
ISSN:	1613-4087 0341-2059
Popis:	This study investigated whether conflictual information about novel medical findings in online newspaper articles affected laypeople’s perception of tentativeness, their attitude toward, and fear of, the medical procedure in question. For this purpose, we rated the user comments from all available online newspaper articles about Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS). Multilevel regressions revealed that higher levels of conflictual information in the articles were associated with higher levels of expressed tentativeness and a more negative attitude toward DBS expressed in the user comments. No significant relationship with expressed fear of DBS was found. We conclude that journalistic preparation and style is directly associated with readers’ perception of tentativeness and opinion formation and discuss suggestions for journalistic presentation of scientific information.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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