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Reporting COVID-19 preprints: fast science in newspapers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Brazil /Noticiando pre-prints sobre a COVID-19: a ciencia rapida em jornais dos Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Brasil
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the pace of science. Many scientific data are published on preprint repositories, prior to peer review, which raises questions about the credibility of the information not yet validated by other scientists. We analyzed 76 stories published from January to July 2020...
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Published in: | Ciência & saude coletiva 2022-03, Vol.27 (3), p.957 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Portuguese |
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Summary: | The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the pace of science. Many scientific data are published on preprint repositories, prior to peer review, which raises questions about the credibility of the information not yet validated by other scientists. We analyzed 76 stories published from January to July 2020 by three newspapers (The New York Times-USA, The Guardian-UK and Folha de S. Paulo-Brazil), having as topic studies on COVID-19 published on preprint platforms. The objective was to analyze how the media covered non-peer-reviewed research, in countries marked by conflicting discourses prompted by the denialist attitude of their government leaders. The results show that the newspapers did not provide a detailed explanation of what a preprint platform is, how the process of publishing research results works, and the implications of a study that has not yet been peer reviewed. The analysis also reveals how these news outlets were guided by the anxiety from an unknown disease, focusing on research on drug trials and seroprevalence. The study leads us to reflect on the challenges and weaknesses of covering fast science and the need to broaden the public's understanding of the methods and processes of science. Key words Preprint, Scientific journalism, Scientific communication and diffusion, COVID-19 Resumo A pandemia COVID-19 acelerou o ritmo da ciencia. Muitos dados cientificos sao publicados em repositorios de pre-print, antes da revisao por pares, o que levanta questionamentos sobre a credibilidade das informagoes ainda nao validadas por outros cientistas. Analisamos 76 materias publicadas de Janeiro a julho de 2020 por tres jornais (The New York Times-EUA, The Guardian-Reino Unido e Folha de S. Paulo-Brasil), que tiveram como tema estudos sobre COVID-19 publicados em plataformas de pre-print. O objetivo foi analisar como a midia cobriu pesquisas nao revisadas por pares, em paises marcados por discursos conflitantes motivados pelo negacionismo de seus governantes. Os resultados mostram que os jornais nao fornecem explicagoes detalhadas sobre o que e uma plataforma de pre -print, como funciona o processo de publicagao de resultados de pesquisas e as implicagoes de um estudo que ainda nao foi revisado por pares. A andlise tambem revela como esses veiculos foram guiados pela ansiedade gerada por uma doenga desconhecida, com foco em pesquisas sobre testes de medicamentos e soroprevalencia. O estudo nos leva a refletir sobre os desafios e fragilidades na cobertura de u |
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ISSN: | 1413-8123 |
DOI: | 10.1590/1413-81232022273.20512021 |