Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013

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Autor(a) principal: Andersson,Ulrika
Data de Publicação: 2015
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1646-59542015000500002
Resumo: Over the past decade, there has been a gradual decline in public trust in science in Sweden. Questions have been raised as to whether or not this decline is the result of news media reports on research misconduct. Taking off in a theoretical discussion about the news media agenda-setting function, this study examined the extent to which, if any, there really is a connection between public trust and news content. It did so by drawing empirical support from a content analysis of the largest Swedish news media reporting on research misconduct in the years 2002-2013 and also from annual surveys of Swedes´ media consumption and trust in science, conducted over the same time period. Using news consumption, i.e. media exposure, as a proxy variable in the analysis, this study came to the conclusion that exposure to this type of news reporting had a positive rather than negative effect on public trust in science. The article discusses why this is so and also identifies some important questions that require to be further researched in order to understand public trust in science.
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title Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
spellingShingle Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
Andersson,Ulrika
Media and science
media effects
agenda setting
public understanding of science
research misconduct
public trust
title_short Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
title_full Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
title_fullStr Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
title_full_unstemmed Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
title_sort Does media coverage of research misconduct impact on public trust in science? A study of news reporting and confidence in research in Sweden 2002-2013
author Andersson,Ulrika
author_facet Andersson,Ulrika
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Andersson,Ulrika
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Media and science
media effects
agenda setting
public understanding of science
research misconduct
public trust
topic Media and science
media effects
agenda setting
public understanding of science
research misconduct
public trust
description Over the past decade, there has been a gradual decline in public trust in science in Sweden. Questions have been raised as to whether or not this decline is the result of news media reports on research misconduct. Taking off in a theoretical discussion about the news media agenda-setting function, this study examined the extent to which, if any, there really is a connection between public trust and news content. It did so by drawing empirical support from a content analysis of the largest Swedish news media reporting on research misconduct in the years 2002-2013 and also from annual surveys of Swedes´ media consumption and trust in science, conducted over the same time period. Using news consumption, i.e. media exposure, as a proxy variable in the analysis, this study came to the conclusion that exposure to this type of news reporting had a positive rather than negative effect on public trust in science. The article discusses why this is so and also identifies some important questions that require to be further researched in order to understand public trust in science.
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