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We are a collaboration between\u00a0scientists and journalism academics studying how science gets reported in the press and the processes that create misunderstandings and exaggerations. We focus on areas relevant for human health \u2013 biomedical and social sciences. We have carried out a large study to build a better evidence-base of where things go right and where things go wrong in the chain between published peer-reviewed studies, press releases and news reports.\u00a0We are following this up with laboratory and online research on how readers understand or misunderstand different phrases and\u00a0also collaborating with press officers to study actual press releases in the real world.<\/p>\n

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Publications<\/h2>\n

Adams, R. C.et al. 2019.\u00a0Claims of causality in health news: a randomised trial<\/a>.\u00a0BMC Medicine\u00a017, article number: 91. (10.1186\/s12916-019-1324-7<\/p>\n

https:\/\/wellcomeopenresearch.org\/articles\/4-148<\/a><\/p>\n

Adams, R.et al. \u00a02017.\u00a0How readers understand causal and correlational expressions used in news headlines<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied.<\/i>\u00a023(1), pp. 1-14. (10.1037\/xap0000100<\/a>)\u00a0\"pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bossema, F. G.et al. 2019.\u00a0Expert quotes and exaggeration in health news: a retrospective quantitative content analysis<\/a>.\u00a0Wellcome Open Research<\/span>\u00a04, pp. 56. (10.12688\/wellcomeopenres.15147.1<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Bott, L.et al. 2019.\u00a0Caveats in science-based news stories communicate caution without lowering interest.<\/a>.\u00a0Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied<\/span>, pp. -.<\/p>\n

Sumner, P.et al. 2016.\u00a0Exaggerations and caveats in press releases and health-related science news<\/a>.\u00a0Plos One<\/i>\u00a011(12),\u00a0article number:\u00a0e0168217. (10.1371\/journal.pone.0168217<\/a>)\u00a0\"pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sumner, P.et al. 2014.\u00a0The association between exaggeration in health related science news and academic press releases: retrospective observational study<\/a>.\u00a0BMJ<\/i>\u00a0349,\u00a0article number:\u00a0g7015. (10.1136\/bmj.g7015<\/a>)\u00a0\"pdf\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Media Coverage<\/h2>\n
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Our first paper was published in the BMJ (10\/12\/14) and attracted widespread media attention.<\/p>\n

The aim of this study was to identify the source of exaggerations in health news – looking at whether these distortions were first present in the news articles or whether they also appeared in the associated press releases that were issued by the 20 leading UK universities in 2011. Here are\u00a0the links to the study, an editorial from Ben Goldacre, our own press release and some of the news uptake that the study has attracted – including our own piece from the Guardian…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Journal Article<\/a>\u00a0(video abstract<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Editorial<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Andrew Garratt<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Atlantic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Better Science<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

BrainiYak<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Examiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Forbes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Global News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Guardian<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Health Day<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Health News Review<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Information Literacy<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Jacob Silterra<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

k2p<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Liam Shaw<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Medical Daily<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Medical Xpress<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Medium<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Naked Scientist<\/a> (& podcast)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

National Geographic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Nature<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Newsworks<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

NHS Choices<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Pocketbook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Powerwatch<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Psychologist (Vol 28, No 2, Feb 2015<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Research the headlines<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Risk Science<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sciblogs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Science-based Medicine<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SciLogs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Science News (Scicurious)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

SMC Australia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

SMC\u00a0UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Student BMJ<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Telegraph<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Time<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Vox<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wellcome Trust<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wired<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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