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Does television reflect the evolution of scientific knowledge? The case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder coverage on French television

hal.structure.identifierMédiation, Information, Communication, Art [MICA]
dc.contributor.authorBOURDAA, Mélanie
hal.structure.identifierMédiation, Information, Communication, Art [MICA]
dc.contributor.authorKONSMAN, Jan Pieter
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de communication politique [LCP]
dc.contributor.authorSÉCAIL, Claire
hal.structure.identifiermédialab (Sciences Po) [médialab]
dc.contributor.authorVENTURINI, Tommaso
hal.structure.identifierLaboratoire de communication politique [LCP]
dc.contributor.authorVEYRAT-MASSON, Isabelle
hal.structure.identifierMédiation, Information, Communication, Art [MICA]
dc.contributor.authorGONON, François
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0963-6625
dc.description.abstractEnBiomedical findings mature from uncertain observations to validated facts. Although subsequent studies often refute initial appealing findings, newspapers privilege the latter and often fail to cover refutations. Thus, biomedical knowledge and media reporting may diverge with time. Here we investigated how French television reported on three scientific questions relative to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from 1995 to 2010: i) is ADHD mainly genetic in origin, ii) does methylphenidate treatment decrease the risk of academic underachievement, and iii) are brain imaging techniques able to reveal ADHD in individual patients? Although scientific evidence regarding these questions has evolved during these 16 years, we observed that nine out of ten TV programs broadcast between 2007 and 2010 still expressed only opinions against the current scientific consensuses. The failure of TV programs to reflect the evolution of the scientific knowledge might be related to a biased selection of medical experts.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSAGE Publications
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/
dc.subjectADHD
dc.subjectHealth and media
dc.subjectMedia and science
dc.subjectMedical expert
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectTelevision
dc.titleDoes television reflect the evolution of scientific knowledge? The case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder coverage on French television
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0963662513484842
dc.subject.halSciences de l'Homme et Société
bordeaux.journalPublic Understanding of Science
bordeaux.page200-209
bordeaux.volume24
bordeaux.issue2
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-01272547
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-01272547v1
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