A Quantitative Investigation of Academic Research Findings in Media Report Articles －Comparison of press releases and two different national papers－

Abstract

We analyze the frequency at which press releases from universities form the basis of articles in newspapers. The number of universities that have been publishing press releases has been growing. Moreover, the number of newspaper articles on the university sector has also been growing. In this study, based on data of press releases and two major national newspapers, we investigate what the relations between press releases and newspapers are and how different the scientific research are reported in the two newspapers.