HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia
Objectives: While still in its early stages, recent scientific research towards a cure for HIV has generated widespread media interest. The aim of this paper was to explore the ways in which this research has been represented in Australian print and online media and discuss implications of this. Met...
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| author | Jennifer Power Bianca Fileborn Gary W. Dowsett Jayne Lucke Graham Brown Jeanne Ellard Sharon R. Lewin Joseph D. Tucker Sean Slavin Jeremy Sugarman Sophie Hill |
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| description | Objectives: While still in its early stages, recent scientific research towards a cure for HIV has generated widespread media interest. The aim of this paper was to explore the ways in which this research has been represented in Australian print and online media and discuss implications of this. Methods: A search of databases from four selected media outlets was conducted to identify published articles that directly discussed HIV cure research. Content analysis was used to explore the discursive framing of HIV cure research and identify the presence or absence of people living with HIV in articles. Results: In total, 95 articles were identified that had been published in print or online between 2007 and 2015. Media reports tended to focus on research breakthroughs or the future potential of HIV cure research, rather than more immediate implications of research findings. While not inaccurate, this focus often implied the field of HIV cure research was more advanced than was generally the case. There was a notable absence of commentary from people living with HIV or community advocates in media reporting. Conclusions: Media reporting may generate unrealistic expectations of HIV cure research. This raises ethical concerns that media reporting may inadvertently contribute to therapeutic or curative misconceptions among potential participants in HIV cure-related trials. To address this, scientists, HIV advocates and people living with HIV will need to work collaboratively to engage with reporters and media outlets to provide more consistent input and guidance into reporting about research towards a cure for HIV. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b7c15be69e0485a96d5976e0f8dcd0c2022-12-21T18:30:09ZengElsevierJournal of Virus Eradication2055-66402017-10-0134229235HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in AustraliaJennifer Power0Bianca Fileborn1Gary W. Dowsett2Jayne Lucke3Graham Brown4Jeanne Ellard5Sharon R. Lewin6Joseph D. Tucker7Sean Slavin8Jeremy Sugarman9Sophie Hill10Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Corresponding author: Jennifer Power, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, AustraliaAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; School of Social Sciences, University of NSW, Sydney, AustraliaAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Centre For Social Research in Health, University of NSW, Australia, SydneyAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; UQ Centre for Clinical Research, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, AustraliaAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Centre For Social Research in Health, University of NSW, Australia, SydneyAustralian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, AustraliaThe Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, University of Melbourne and Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne, AustraliaUNC Project-China, University of North Carolina, Guangzhou, China; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USACentre For Social Research in Health, University of NSW, Australia, SydneyBerman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USACentre for Health Communication and Participation, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, MelbourneObjectives: While still in its early stages, recent scientific research towards a cure for HIV has generated widespread media interest. The aim of this paper was to explore the ways in which this research has been represented in Australian print and online media and discuss implications of this. Methods: A search of databases from four selected media outlets was conducted to identify published articles that directly discussed HIV cure research. Content analysis was used to explore the discursive framing of HIV cure research and identify the presence or absence of people living with HIV in articles. Results: In total, 95 articles were identified that had been published in print or online between 2007 and 2015. Media reports tended to focus on research breakthroughs or the future potential of HIV cure research, rather than more immediate implications of research findings. While not inaccurate, this focus often implied the field of HIV cure research was more advanced than was generally the case. There was a notable absence of commentary from people living with HIV or community advocates in media reporting. Conclusions: Media reporting may generate unrealistic expectations of HIV cure research. This raises ethical concerns that media reporting may inadvertently contribute to therapeutic or curative misconceptions among potential participants in HIV cure-related trials. To address this, scientists, HIV advocates and people living with HIV will need to work collaboratively to engage with reporters and media outlets to provide more consistent input and guidance into reporting about research towards a cure for HIV.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020303198HIV cure, media reporting, HIV cure clinical trials, discourse analysis, HIV cure language, therapeutic misconception |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Power Bianca Fileborn Gary W. Dowsett Jayne Lucke Graham Brown Jeanne Ellard Sharon R. Lewin Joseph D. Tucker Sean Slavin Jeremy Sugarman Sophie Hill HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia Journal of Virus Eradication HIV cure, media reporting, HIV cure clinical trials, discourse analysis, HIV cure language, therapeutic misconception |
| title | HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia |
| title_full | HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia |
| title_fullStr | HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia |
| title_short | HIV cure research: print and online media reporting in Australia |
| title_sort | hiv cure research print and online media reporting in australia |
| topic | HIV cure, media reporting, HIV cure clinical trials, discourse analysis, HIV cure language, therapeutic misconception |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2055664020303198 |
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