title: Interaction between academic radiology and the news media: a potentially powerful and unpredictable process--five stories.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. lane.donnelly@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Lane F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Sara M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: O'Hara
authors.forename: Alan E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Oestreich
authors.forename: Lee F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Brogdon
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D008402:Mass Media; D011634:Public Health; D011639:Public Opinion; D011643:Publishing; D011871:Radiology; D012106:Research