@James_0Sullivan @hannahdev Hi James 1. https://t.co/iYxj2G0Dpg -most hype in sciences news is already in the press release (PR) 2. https://t.co/hCeHOqfBDv -caution in PRs isn't associated w/ lower news uptake 3. https://t.co/9FYbDXKs3O caution in PRs does
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
@Nicole_C_Nelson @ashcroftethics @justsaysinmice I'm sure you know about this study, but just in case... https://t.co/XNqwWxsLBv
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @chrisdc77: Then we found the same pattern for press releases issued by major journals https://t.co/kcEDPCEHE5 and our results were also…
Most of the over-hyping of research findings comes *from the research organizations themselves*, not from journalists adding their own juicy tidbits.
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @chrisdc77: Then we found the same pattern for press releases issued by major journals https://t.co/kcEDPCEHE5 and our results were also…
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
RT @callin_bull: Bad science reporting often begins with university press offices like yours, @HopkinsMedicine. Perhaps you know this study…
—Bad science reporting often begins with university press offices… perhaps you know this study? "40% of university press releases on medical topics were found to make inflated claims" https://t.co/fK8RO3LV6r
RT @callin_bull: Bad science reporting often begins with university press offices like yours, @HopkinsMedicine. Perhaps you know this study…
Bad science reporting often begins with university press offices like yours, @HopkinsMedicine. Perhaps you know this study? 40% of university press releases on medical topics were found to make inflated claims. https://t.co/rnoKEdXDlt https://t.co/EGaKAn
とある方が ???な感じのことを連投されてたので、とりあえず紹介しておいた方がいい気がした。> 科学ニュースは誇張しすぎとメディアはよく叩かれるけど、その「誇張」、実は研究者が出した大学のプレスリリースですでに書かれてるよ、という Sumner らの2014年の論文。 https://t.co/P1u0sgeiZj
RT @Write4Research: University press/marketing offices seem addicted to ‘hyping’ things for old-media. But no one believes hype PR, and in…
University press/marketing offices seem addicted to ‘hyping’ things for old-media. But no one believes hype PR, and in health it can be dangerous
RT @Richvn: @briandavidearp In that vein, a 2014 BMJ study noted that much of the time, exaggeration in health-related science news is alre…
RT briandavidearp: RT Richvn: briandavidearp In that vein, a 2014 BMJ study noted that much of the time, exaggeration in health-related science news is already present in the press releases issued by universities. https://t.co/PFU74ZqNmC .
RT @Richvn: @briandavidearp In that vein, a 2014 BMJ study noted that much of the time, exaggeration in health-related science news is alre…
@briandavidearp In that vein, a 2014 BMJ study noted that much of the time, exaggeration in health-related science news is already present in the press releases issued by universities. https://t.co/jkhxKRT8oQ .
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
RT @ChrisW_PharmaG: @mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZ…
@mattjhodgkinson @nicolerapior Exaggerated claims in academic (https://t.co/8fNiH41vy6) and journal (https://t.co/8wQhZrFTyU) press releases lead to exaggerated claims in media coverage, and caveats don't reduce the level of coverage (https://t.co/8wQhZrFT
RT @chrisdc77: @sTeamTraen @TunnelOfFire Nope didn't talk about that in the book. Though we have studied this indirectly. Academic press re…
@sTeamTraen @TunnelOfFire Nope didn't talk about that in the book. Though we have studied this indirectly. Academic press releases (which are usually co-prepared with the academic authors) exaggerate in this way https://t.co/iYxj2G0Dpg
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. - PubMed - NCBI https://t.co/i2xxIz9eLM
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
RT @CaulfieldTim: Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino…
Good suggestion! "It’s time for AAAS and EurekAlert! to crack down on misinformation in PR news releases" by @KLomangino @HealthNewsRevu: https://t.co/kPp0p7sfvW cc @KimmelmanJ @MCNisbet @bubela_tania We know press releases big source of #sciencehype: ht
The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. @bmj_latest BMJ 2014;349 doi: https://t.co/7OqCRRmYVe @llantwit @PsychCardiffUni @cardiffuni https://t.co/rehrnquyLf
Those press releases...
Worth remembering. "Exaggeration in news is strongly associated with exaggeration in press releases. Improving the accuracy of academic press releases could represent a key opportunity for reducing misleading health related news." https://t.co/v7wfvdkG0Z
RT @CaulfieldTim: @AdrianaBarton @ConscienHealth Yep. Press releases a major source of #ScienceHype Study: "The association between exagg…
RT @CaulfieldTim: @AdrianaBarton @ConscienHealth Yep. Press releases a major source of #ScienceHype Study: "The association between exagg…
RT @CaulfieldTim: @AdrianaBarton @ConscienHealth Yep. Press releases a major source of #ScienceHype Study: "The association between exagg…
RT @CaulfieldTim: @AdrianaBarton @ConscienHealth Yep. Press releases a major source of #ScienceHype Study: "The association between exagg…
@AdrianaBarton @ConscienHealth Yep. Press releases a major source of #ScienceHype Study: "The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases" https://t.co/3qtyxm23OA https://t.co/iKS4tudG22
@scute1133 @siminevazire @hansijzerman @thuyvytnguyen @ResearchDigest That's interesting to hear. Our previous work on this has focused on health-related sciences (e.g. https://t.co/iYxj2G0Dpg & see https://t.co/3rh9pgTu0S) but it would be v interestin
@KarlTeske6 @markfebbraio @nhmrc It's not just journalists who exaggerate. "Most exaggeration in health related science news was already present in academic press releases" https://t.co/KIZKunBHam And now @nhmrc is doing it as well.
RT @DrXaverius: Viendo alguna quejita de tituláridos de prensa ha sido oportuno estrellarme de nuevo con uno de varios papers mostrando que…
overhyping of science findings by press isn't due just to poor journalism, it's also the press releases Unis put out https://t.co/gU5pHWZMJe
Viendo alguna quejita de tituláridos de prensa ha sido oportuno estrellarme de nuevo con uno de varios papers mostrando que la exageración y extrapolaciones indebidas de resultados de estudios empieza en notas de prensa de los propios científicos/autores h
RT @annemscheel: @StuartJRitchie hah, nicely aligned with what @chrisdc77 et al. have found - most exaggerations seem to originate in press…
Surprises, surprises!
@StuartJRitchie hah, nicely aligned with what @chrisdc77 et al. have found - most exaggerations seem to originate in press releases, not evil newspapers. https://t.co/3yPYwTGBoh
RT @DoctorZen: @MHendr1cks Know this paper? Sumner et al. 2014. The association between exaggeration in health related science news and aca…
@MHendr1cks Know this paper? Sumner et al. 2014. The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. https://t.co/2L2wlFra6O
I can’t read this - where’s the press release? https://t.co/KwlhRGE4jp
RT @callin_bull: Press releases are the #1 problem. Lots more of those about Nature papers than preprints. https://t.co/vorQWzMC09 https:…
RT @callin_bull: Press releases are the #1 problem. Lots more of those about Nature papers than preprints. https://t.co/vorQWzMC09 https:…
Press releases are the #1 problem. Lots more of those about Nature papers than preprints. https://t.co/vorQWzMC09 https://t.co/rnoKEefeK3
@dingding_peng @wgervais @sTeamTraen @BrianNosek Right. I see that as how interventional social sciences work best - at systems level. To shamelessly tout one of our own examples: in 2014 we published a study showing that most exaggeration in science news
The link to the empirical study finding (lack of) nuance in press release (aka rubbish-in/rubbish-out) @lindaunobel #LiNo18 https://t.co/qTSI2b4hwJ (and, sorry, but I still maintain that panels (esp this one) should at least include actual researchers for
@NeilOConnell @PhysioAlex This one? https://t.co/beoPJwxAcQ
RT @JuanGrvas: Es un estudio que confirma cómo nos toman el pelo: The association between exaggeration in health related science news and…
Es un estudio que confirma cómo nos toman el pelo: The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. Exaggeration in news associated with exaggeration in press releases.
@toplillo Es un estudio que confirma cómo nos toman el pelo: The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study. Exaggeration in news associated with exaggeration in press re
@Ben_C_J @lakens @aeryn_thrace @DennisEckmeier @annemscheel @chbergma @irynakuchma @siminevazire Not forgetting that scientists also share responsibility for a substantial quantity of misreporting. Press releases should be appended to published articles. h
RT @chrisdc77: @elonmusk Please consider building in a research arm b/c there's tons we can do to improve credibility by working with jour…
@elonmusk Please consider building in a research arm b/c there's tons we can do to improve credibility by working with journos & press offices. e.g. our research has found that most hype in sci/health news arises in PR material. Important to target ri
RT @chrisdc77: Two years later the 1st results were in & they were striking: most exaggeration in science/health news was already in the pr…
@VinayPrasadMD . related tweetstorm on press releases by @chrisdc77 https://t.co/8o16NSLGli
RT @mdbarra: Media health info is often misleading. Why? BS press releases. https://t.co/m8gBO81Qyc https://t.co/m1Mje8bUk5
@LudwigLin Amen. Overstatement of results (not issue in this study) is epidemic. https://t.co/5X8kUnfTOg
@VinayPrasadMD Further to this point, you might be interested in this 2014 paper re the links between uni PRs / scientific articles / media coverage https://t.co/BNwUJZxLlA
An Exaggarated Health related news has widespread potential to influence health related behavior and often misreports the science. @BJSM_BMJ 👍🏻 https://t.co/8augQsj50Y #health #news #press #publications
RT @BJSM_BMJ: Very thoughtful Ken. That's a good point and eminently do-able. Can be put into the peer-review system and Editors' checklist…
Very thoughtful Ken. That's a good point and eminently do-able. Can be put into the peer-review system and Editors' checklists. https://t.co/yktw9GdFRy
@Jopinie @ZSjoerds @mkeulemans @lakens @ErasmusMC @volkskrant @su4sciencenl @hersenprofessor @AleksBadura @ionicasmeets De persberichten van universiteiten lijken de zwakste schakel te zijn, ironisch genoeg (https://t.co/FAyLIHZbzg). https://t.co/gzef6pI7d
A nice study showing how the media exaggerate scientific findings based on hyped academic press releases https://t.co/ewIA6IIoLV cc: @ULBRecherche
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @PraxisMaking: @walidgellad @VinayPrasadMD You may be interested in this paper that looks at exaggeration in academic press releases and…
@walidgellad @VinayPrasadMD You may be interested in this paper that looks at exaggeration in academic press releases and the subsequent exaggeration in news stories. In order to increase one's profile and secure future funding, researchers sell themselves
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
RT @MarteauTM: Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removi…
Top Tips for Media Engagement @psychmag https://t.co/qNitoyD26k - especially @claudiahammond & cautionary tale of NOT removing inaccuracies in your university press releases https://t.co/glWqwhiJJ6 @InstPubHealth @DPHPC @PCU_Cambridge
@NiamhShortt @LindaBauld @gerrymccartney1 @fphscot @CRUKresearch @BrJCancer I agree it happens but the quantification of how much and in which direction is tricky. This is from a thread worth reading https://t.co/VSZs38dQde
RT @chrisdc77: Your regular reminder that most exaggeration in sci news begins in the press releases issued by universities https://t.co/PT…
RT @chrisdc77: Your regular reminder that most exaggeration in sci news begins in the press releases issued by universities https://t.co/PT…
I did an interview with my university two years ago and was shocked to read that I had somehow implied that if I were missing a single chromosome I would have been born a howler monkey. Still haven't been able to figure that one out. https://t.co/vArOgaP