It must be true … I read it in the tabloids
| Autor: | R Cook, S Y Yip, D Namah, Chris Isles |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
lcsh:R5-920 Public health Headline Advertising General Medicine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology False accusation medical headlines Education Newspaper 03 medical and health sciences health journalism 0302 clinical medicine Harm Guardian medicine Journalism 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology lcsh:Medicine (General) tabloid newspapers Front (military) |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 251-256 (2018) |
| ISSN: | 2042-8189 1478-2715 |
| Popis: | Background Previous attempts to improve the quality of health journalism have not led to more responsible reporting of health news. Method We reviewed the front pages of three daily tabloid and three daily broadsheet UK newspapers during a 1 month period in 2017 for medical headlines in which claims were made for diets, lifestyle behaviours or drug therapies that influence health. Results Front page medical headlines were carried by the Daily Express (11), Daily Mail (two), Daily Mirror (one) and Daily Telegraph (one). Neither the Guardian nor the Independent carried medical stories on their front pages during the period of study. Eleven headlines suggested benefits and three suggested harm. One headline accurately reflected its source material, but in this instance the source material was of doubtful clinical relevance. The remaining 13 headlines either exaggerated benefit (seven), exaggerated harm (two) or made false claims (four). Conclusions The cumulative effect of everyday misreporting of medical stories in UK newspapers may not only serve to confuse the public but also have serious consequences for public health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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