社交媒体研究中的隐性行业关联

Nearly one-third of papers in major interdisciplinary journals had undeclared ties to industry KAI KUPFERSCHMIDT R esearchers studying the impact of social media on society—everything from effects on teenag- ers’ mental health to the spread of misinformation—often work with the companies that run these platforms. But these ties evidently run much deeper than the scientific record acknowledges. A preprint posted last week on arXiv reports that in nearly one-third of stud- ies on social media appearing in major interdisciplinary journals, the authors have ties to industry that should be disclosed but aren’t. Some received funding from a social media company, and others previously co-authored work with industry employees. These ties may be skewing the research, the authors say. …