Interaction between academic radiology and the news media: a potentially powerful and unpredictable process--five stories.
OBJECTIVE
Although articles have been published describing the relationship between news reports and the general medical literature, to our knowledge little has been published describing the relationship between radiology publications and news coverage. We present five instances of news stories centered on radiology publications or abstracts of presentations at national meetings and the effect of the media coverage within the medical community.


CONCLUSIONS
The five examples show that news coverage can have a dramatic effect on advancing research findings and public health information published in radiology journals. Even when news coverage is inaccurate or sensationalized, the attention of the general public can drive change not only generally in medicine but also specifically in radiology.
Donnelly
Lane F
LF
Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. lane.donnelly@cchmc.org
O'Hara
Sara M
SM
Oestreich
Alan E
AE
Rogers
Lee F
LF
Brogdon
B G
BG
D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D008402:Mass Media; D011634:Public Health; D011639:Public Opinion; D011643:Publishing; D011871:Radiology; D012106:Research