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The presence of sensational language describing stem cell therapies in news articles: a cross-sectional analysis

Published:2021-10 Issue:10 Volume:16 Page:909-913
ISSN:1746-0751
Container-title:Regenerative Medicine
language:en
Short-container-title:Regenerative Medicine

Author:

Pham Vivian¹²^ORCID,Slawson Madison¹^ORCID,Nicks Savannah¹^ORCID,Ottwell Ryan¹³^ORCID,Greiner Benjamin⁴^ORCID,Vassar Matt¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences, Tulsa, 74107 OK, USA

2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, 73104 OK, USA

3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Oklahoma, School of Community Medicine, Tulsa, 74135 OK, USA

4. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 77550 TX, USA

Abstract

Aim: News articles and their use of sensational language have the potential to influence health behaviors and decisions, thus the purpose of this study was to evaluate the use of sensational language (i.e., superlatives) describing stem cell therapies in public news articles. Materials & methods: In this study, we conducted a Google News search for news articles using superlatives to exaggerate the efficacy of stem cell therapies. Results: Our analysis included 262 news articles from 193 news outlets using 714 unique superlatives to describe stem cells. Health on the Net’s Code of Conduct certification was applied to determine credibility of each site. Conclusion: These results demonstrate the need for improving news reporting surrounding stem cell research and therapies.

Publisher

Future Medicine Ltd

Subject

Embryology,Biomedical Engineering

Link

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/rme-2021-0017

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