Bu çalışmada, 1993 yılı mayıs ayı .süresince, tiraj yönünden üç büyük günlük gazetenin sağlıkla ilgili haberler derlenerek biçim ve içerik yönünden incelenmiştir.
Gazetelerde yer alan sağlıkla ilgili haberlerin; % 57'sinin resimli, % 30'unun puntolu ve özelli olarak verildiği, ön ve arka sayfalarda düşük oranlarda yer alan sağlık haberleri konu yönünden çeşitlilik göstermekte ve haberlerin % 53 ’ü belirsiz kaynaklı haberlerden oluşmaktaydı. Haberlerin % 77 sinin içeriklerinin doğru, % 7.8'i abartılı, % 3.9'u ise gerçek dışı olduğu saptanmıştır.
In this study which was carried out in Malatya during May 1993, articles about health in three newspaper which have the largest circulation in Turkey were gathered and were researched both on (heir shapes and contents. It was established that 57 % of the health articles in the news/tapers were illustrated, 30 % were written as abstract or synopsis of the matter. The articles about health on the first and last passes of the newspapers showed variation as to subject and no source was given for 53 %. It has been determined that by content, ■ % of the health articles were correct, ~-H % of them were exaggerated and 3.9 % were completely false.
