Causal language and strength of inference in academic and media articles shared in social media (CLAIMS): A systematic review

摘要

BackgroundThe pathway from evidence generation to consumption contains many steps which can lead to overstatement or misinformation. The proliferation of internet-based health news may encourage selection of media and academic research articles that overstate strength of causal inference. We investigated the state of causal inference in health research as it appears at the end of the pathway, at the point of social media consumption.