Exploring Language Styles Associated With Scientificness in Health News: A Dual Approach Using Text Mining and Reader Perception Studies
Science Communication: Linking Theory and Practice
Published online on November 04, 2025
Abstract
Science Communication, Ahead of Print.
This research examines whether language styles in U.S. health news relate to scientificness. Study 1 uses human ratings to train machine learning models that classify sentences as scientific or nonscientific. A text mining approach predicts the proportion ...
This research examines whether language styles in U.S. health news relate to scientificness. Study 1 uses human ratings to train machine learning models that classify sentences as scientific or nonscientific. A text mining approach predicts the proportion ...