Communication about the unreviewed and preliminary nature of Covid-19–related preprint studies remains widely inconsistent among online media outlets, according to a new study published in the journal Health Communication.
Researchers looked for specific keywords in their analysis among news outlets including The New York Times, Medscape, and Business Insider and found that while a little over half used at least one phrase to indicate the study was a preprint or that the findings were unreviewed or preliminary, the rest didn’t make that distinction.
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