Imbalanced media portrayal: a content analysis of precision medicine in US news of 2015–2021

Frontiers in Communication Pub Date : 2024-04-04 DOI:10.3389/fcomm.2024.1366952

Wei Peng, Hae Yeon Seo, Juwhan Choi, Xiaofeng Jia

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Engaging diverse participants is vital to precision medicine (PM) but has been limited by low knowledge and concerns about various issues related to PM research. News media is an important channel of information that can shape public understanding and perception of PM. However, how PM is represented in news media has not been sufficiently understood.The study used quantitative content analysis to evaluate the portrayal of PM in US print news media between 2015 and 2021 (N = 198). Three domains of factors related to PM portrayed in news articles were coded: (1) characteristics of PM, (2) target diseases of PM and their related characteristics, and (3) non-scientific news frames.There was considerable news coverage of the treatment benefits of PM, especially for cancer. Potential risks or concerns, non-cancer diseases, and non-treatment issues that could be important to diverse populations were less covered. News articles frequently cited scientists, patients, and government officials with different focuses on PM.The study highlighted the need for accurate and complete information about PM in news media for diverse participants. News media should actively explore social, ethical, and legal issues to support the engagement of diverse populations.

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不平衡的媒体描述：2015-2021 年美国新闻中的精准医疗内容分析

让不同的参与者参与进来对精准医学（PM）至关重要，但由于人们对与精准医学研究相关的各种问题知之甚少、顾虑重重，从而限制了精准医学的发展。新闻媒体是一个重要的信息渠道，可以影响公众对精准医学的理解和看法。本研究采用定量内容分析法评估了 2015 年至 2021 年期间美国平面新闻媒体对 PM 的描述（N = 198）。对新闻报道中与可吸入颗粒物相关的三个因素进行了编码：（1）可吸入颗粒物的特征，（2）可吸入颗粒物的目标疾病及其相关特征，以及（3）非科学新闻框架。对可吸入颗粒物的潜在风险或担忧、非癌症疾病以及对不同人群可能重要的非治疗问题的报道较少。新闻报道经常引用科学家、患者和政府官员对可吸入颗粒物的不同关注点。这项研究强调了新闻媒体需要为不同的参与者提供有关可吸入颗粒物的准确和完整的信息。新闻媒体应积极探索社会、伦理和法律问题，以支持不同人群的参与。

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