Abstract
Media outlets play crucial roles in disseminating health information. Previous studies have examined how health journalism is practiced by reliable and unreliable media outlets. However, most of the existing works are conducted over a relatively small set of samples. In this study, we investigate a large collection (about 30 thousand) of health-related news articles which were published by 29 reliable and 20 unreliable media outlets and identify several differences in health journalism practice. Our analysis shows that there are significant structural, topical, and semantic disparities in the way reliable and unreliable media outlets conduct health journalism. We argue, in this age of 'fake news', these findings will be useful to combat online health disinformation.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | MEDINFO 2019 |
| Subtitle of host publication | Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All - Proceedings of the 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics |
| Editors | Brigitte Seroussi, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Brigitte Seroussi |
| Publisher | IOS Press |
| Pages | 93-97 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Volume | 264 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781643680033 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781643680026 |
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| Publication status | Published - 21 Aug 2019 |
| Event | 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019 - Cité Internationale - Congress Centre, Lyon, France Duration: 25 Aug 2019 → 30 Aug 2019 https://www.medinfo-lyon.org/en/ (conference website) |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in Health Technology and Informatics |
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| Volume | 264 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0926-9630 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1879-8365 |
Conference
| Conference | 17th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics, MEDINFO 2019 |
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| Abbreviated title | Health and wellbeing e-networks for all |
| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Lyon |
| Period | 25/08/19 → 30/08/19 |
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