Descriptions of Scientific Evidence and Uncertainty of Unproven COVID-19 Therapies in US News: Content Analysis Study
These results highlight that while scientific evidence is discussed relatively frequently in news reports, scientific uncertainty is infrequently reported and rarely found in prominent headlines and lead paragraphs.
Authors
- Tyler J. Benning (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2359-4078)
- Sara Watson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9116-5940)
- Richard R. Sharp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5441-2084)
- Timothy Caulfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5471-6184)
- Alessandro R Marcon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5018-423X)
- Xuan Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6675-2155)
- Zubin Master (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3462-4546)
Institutions
- Forest Institute (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona (US)
- Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
- Wake Forest University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JMIR Infodemiology
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/51328
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.40
Funders
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- National Institutes of Health
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences