When the media omits or includes scientific evidence in its publications : science and battles on X about child sexual abuse
Olabarria Morejón, Ane (Universidad del País Vasco. Departamento de Didáctica de la lengua y la Literatura)
Burgués, Ana (Universidad de Granada. Departamento de Sociología)
López de Aguileta, Ane (Universitat de Barcelona)
Zubiri, Harkaitz (Universidad del País Vasco. Departamento de Didáctica de la lengua y la Literatura)
Torras-Gómez, Elisabeth (Universitat de Barcelona)
Joanpere, Mar (Universitat Rovira i Virgili)
López de Aguileta, Garazi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Álvarez-Guerrero, Garazi (Universidad del País Vasco. Departamento de Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación)
Aiello-Cabrera, Emilia (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Departamento de Sociología)
Pulido, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Periodisme i de Ciències de la Comunicació)
Redondo-Sama, Gisela (Universitat Rovira i Virgili. Departament de Pedagogia)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	Scientific evidence of social impact demonstrates how violence against children is successfully prevented. Currently, the scientific research on social impact has a focus on the analysis of actions that succeed in the implementation of such scientific evidence. This article is based on scientific research that looks at which media actions help or hinder the implementation of evidence-based actions to solve the most sensitive social problems. The social media analytics methodology has identified the posts and reposts generated during two consecutive days by news articles published by three newspapers about the official report on child sexual abuse in Spain. Their analyses have been made through communicative methodology, including voices of adult victims or survivors of child sexual abuse. The results indicate that media information that omits scientific evidence of social impact provokes battles between diverse ideological groups, while information based on scientific evidence of social impact generates consensus among people from different ideologies and actions oriented to overcome the problem.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación RYC2018-025860-I
Rights:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.
Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Child sexual abuse ; Media information ; Scientific evidence ; Social impact
Published in:	Children, Vol. 10 (november 2023) , 1857, ISSN 2227-9067

DOI: 10.3390/children10121857
PMID: 38136059

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