Information sources in biomedical science and medical journalism: methodological approaches and assessment

Pharmacological Research : the Official Journal of the Italian Pharmacological Society
Giovanna F MirandaFlavia Bruno

Abstract

Throughout the world the public is showing increasing interest in medical and scientific subjects and journalists largely spread this information, with an important impact on knowledge and health. Clearly, therefore, the relationship between the journalist and his sources is delicate: freedom and independence of information depend on the independence and truthfulness of the sources. The new "precision journalism" holds that scientific methods should be applied to journalism, so authoritative sources are a common need for journalists and scientists. We therefore compared the individual classifications and methods of assessing of sources in biomedical science and medical journalism to try to extrapolate scientific methods of evaluation to journalism. In journalism and science terms used to classify sources of information show some similarities, but their meanings are different. In science primary and secondary classes of information, for instance, refer to the levels of processing, but in journalism to the official nature of the source itself. Scientists and journalists must both always consult as many sources as possible and check their authoritativeness, reliability, completeness, up-to-dateness and balance. In journalism, howe...Continue Reading

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Feb 28, 2009·Health Information and Libraries Journal·Giovanna F MirandaFlavia Bruno
Feb 19, 2005·Health Communication·William Evans
Jun 7, 2021·BMC Medical Research Methodology·Lonni BesançonClémence Leyrat

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