| Titre : | Press releases of science journal articles and subsequent newspaper stories on the same topic. (1998) |
| Auteurs : | V. DE SEMIR ; G. REVUELTA ; C. RIBAS ; Observatori de la Comunicacio Cientifica. Pompeu Fabra University. ESP ; Quark. Ciencia Medicina. Comunicacion y Cultura. Barcelona. ESP ; International Congress on Peer Review in Biomedical Publication. (1997/09; Prague. CZE) |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | JAMA - Journal of the american medical association (n° 3, 1998) |
| Pagination : | 294-295 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Article ; Information ; Enquête ; Homme |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST BR0xs09v. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Context. - Scientific journals issue press releases to disseminate scientific news about articles they publish. Objective. - To assess whether press releases about journal articles were associated with publication of subsequent newspaper stories. Design. - Retrospective content analysis of newspaper stories, journal press releases, and journal tables of contents. From December 1 1996, to February 28,1997, press releases and tables of contents were collected from BMJ, Nature, Science, and The Lancet, along with newspaper stories on scientific research published in The New York Times (United States), Le Figaro and Le Monde (France), El Pais and La Vanguardia (Spain), La Repubblica (Italy), and the International Herald Tribune. Main Outcome Measurements. - Number of newspaper stories that contained reference to articles appearing in the 4 scientific journals, number of newspaper stories that referred to journal articles described in press releases, and the order in which journal articles were mentioned in press releases. Results. - Of the 1060 newspaper stories analyzed, 142 referred to journal articles ; of these, 119 (84%) referred to articles mentioned in press releases and 23 (16%) referred to journal articles not mentioned in press releases (comparison of proportions, P=03). Articles described first or second were referenced in more newspapers than articles described later in the press release (P=01 by x2 analysis). (...) |
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