The Attitudes of Media Towards Medical Research: Are Women’s Journals More Receptive Than Medical Journals?

The aim of the study is to investigate the different levels of the popularization of scientific research and medical information in the written press. The research is based on an attempt to popularize scientific knowledge by a scientific researcher. The information concerns the effects of the anxiolytic drugs on memory. Several articles were written on this subject and submitted to various newspapers addressing different audiences (medical journals, a daily newspaper, women’s journals). The research comprises the recordings, progressively, of the events and negociations with the various journals.*