Supervalorização de resultados científicos como estratégia ótima para aumentar o número de leitores

The relationship between science journalism and science is a complex relationship that has advantages and disadvantages for each of the actors involved. Often the mass media publishes scientific advances giving them more importance than they have in the scientific community, especially when it comes to advances in curing diseases. In this paper we propose one of many possible explanations for this problem, based on the model of influence Bayarri & DeGroot (1989). The main hypothesis is that the newspapers of less influence in society tend to exaggerate scientific results, while the most respected journals are more skeptical and cautious report on scientific developments.