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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: Sci Commun. 2006 Sep;28(1):122–142. doi: 10.1177/1075547006291990

Table 3.

Tone and Concerns Identified in Press Coverage of Health and Non-Health-Related Research (in percentages)

Code Health-Related Research Non-Health-Related Research Both
Tone
 Uncritical 91 78 63
 Balanced 9 14 30
 Critical 0 9 7
Issues
 At least one issue 9 24 41
 Scientific issue 9 21 30
 Ethical issue 0 5 19
Benefits
 Health benefit 63 29 70
 Non-health-related benefit 2 19 19