Confessions of a Science Blogaholic: Highs, Lows, and Increasing Liabilities

Smith, David Roy

doi:10.3389/fcomm.2016.00015

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“…Notably, the literature on the topic has mentioned the previous variables as determinants of informal scholarly behavior (Shehata, 2019; Świgoń, 2017). The literature reveals that many scholars are reluctant to use informal scholarly communication tools as they fear that their research outputs would be misused, misinterpreted or even misattributed (Shehata et al , 2015b; Smith, 2017). Scholars usually prefer to use trusted tools to obtain and share their information, as informal tools are associated with risk as others might misuse their research.…”

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Arab scholars’ acceptance of informal scholarly communication tools: applying the technology acceptance model 2 (TAM2)

Alwreikat

Shehata

Zaid

2021

GKMC

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Purpose This paper aims to use the technology acceptance model 2 (TAM2) to investigate the perceived ease of use, perceived benefits, barriers to use and acceptance of Arab scholars of informal communication tools in research writing. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a quantitative approach using a questionnaire distributed among Arab scholars in Jordan, Egypt and Oman. The questionnaire based on the TAM2 model aimed to measure the acceptance of the sample of informal scholarly communication tools. Findings The study’s findings confirmed that the sample is considering informal scholarly communication tools are useful for their research. Informal scholarly communication tools increase the papers’ visibility, leading to a higher number of citations, building scholars’ reputation, creating new collaboration opportunities and maintaining the established collaboration. Research limitations/implications The study’s findings can only be generalized on Arab scholars. The sample size could be one of the limitations, and the sample’s distribution was limited to three Arab universities in Jordan, Oman and Egypt. The authors recommend that future researchers use TAM2 model as a framework for studying the adoption of informal scholarly communication tools in different cultural contexts to achieve a better understanding of factors influencing the adoption of such tools. Practical implications A practical implication of this research is in drawing the attention of higher education institutions for the potentials of these scholarly communication tools in increasing the availability of publications of their scholars and increasing the citation of these publications, which would help in increasing the ranking of scholars, and the rank of these institutions which opens new opportunities of international research collaboration. Social implications The outcomes of this research have several implications for the successful adoption of the TAM2 model. This study brings new knowledge to the literature related to informal scholarly communication adoption by the application of TAM2 constructs to determine the adoption behavior; the findings offered evidence of the TAM2 success in predicting adoption of such tools. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, adopting TAM2 in this research will add to knowledge by being one of the first studies to adopt TAM2 to measure acceptance of informal scholarly communication tools.

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Arab scholars’ acceptance of informal scholarly communication tools: applying the technology acceptance model 2 (TAM2)

Alwreikat

Shehata

Zaid

2021

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“…Presenting science in the form of a comic is, besides our personal enthusiasm for comics, graphic novels, and art books, a way of reaching a larger, growing, and new audience for scientific topics. Nowadays, it has become possible to increase visibility [33] using social media, such as YouTube, Reddit (r/Science), Facebook, science blogs, Twitter, ResearchGate, or LinkedIn. Therefore, scientific communication is often given as open educational resources (OERs), e.g., in scientific cartoons, stop Presenting science in the form of a comic is, besides our personal enthusiasm for comics, graphic novels, and art books, a way of reaching a larger, growing, and new audience for scientific topics.…”

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“…Therefore, scientific communication is often given as open educational resources (OERs), e.g., in scientific cartoons, stop Presenting science in the form of a comic is, besides our personal enthusiasm for comics, graphic novels, and art books, a way of reaching a larger, growing, and new audience for scientific topics. Nowadays, it has become possible to increase visibility [33] using social media, such as YouTube, Reddit (r/Science), Facebook, science blogs, Twitter, ResearchGate, or LinkedIn. Therefore, scientific communication is often given as open educational resources (OERs), e.g., in scientific cartoons, stop motion videos, online lectures, or Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).…”

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Communicating Science through Comics: A Method

2018

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Scientists are trained to tell stories, scientific stories. Training is also needed to comprehend and contextualize these highly nuanced and technical stories because they are designed to explicitly convey scientific results, delineate their limitations, and describe a reproducible “plot” so that any thorough reenactment can achieve a similar conclusion. Although a carefully constructed scientific story may be crystal clear to other scientists in the same discipline, they are often inaccessible to broader audiences. This is problematic as scientists are increasingly expected to communicate their work to broader audiences that range from specialists in other disciplines to the general public. In fact, science communication is of increasing importance to acquire funding and generate effective outreach, as well as introduce, and sometimes even justify, research to society. This paper suggests a simple and flexible framework to translate a complex scientific publication into a broadly-accessible comic format. Examples are given for embedding scientific details into an easy-to-understand storyline. A background story is developed and panels are generated that convey scientific information via plain language coupled with recurring comic elements to maximize comprehension and memorability. This methodology is an attempt to alleviate the inherent limitations of interdisciplinary and public comprehension that result from standard scientific publication and dissemination practices. We also hope that this methodology will help colleagues enter into the field of science comics.

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“…It is undisputed that science is heavily reliant on society as a source of funding (Koohy & Koohy, 2014), which increases the need to be cited and also to show the impact of each researcher"s work (Cress, 2014;Yu, 2017;Chen, 2016), in a context of greater political and social pressure for public scrutiny, in a logic of "demonstrable return-from-investment" (Naude & van Biljon, 2017). This happens in a context where scientists continue to struggle to communicate their success and work among the public in general (Smith, 2017).…”

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“…The digital world has greatly changed the context of action of both institutions and scientists in the way and in the need to communicate (Perovic, 2016;Liu & Adie, 2013;Smith, 2017).…”

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Online Visibility, Social Networks and Glamorous Scientific Publications

Ferreira¹,

Serpa²

2018

IJSSS

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In a context of transformation of the higher education institutions’ mission, there is a growing need for the academy to respond to the needs placed both at the political and social levels, which has implications for the scholar’s expected activity. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the growing importance, besides publishing and being cited, of having visibility in the digital world. We conclude that this new dimension, which is being added to the success and legitimacy of the scholar and his/her institution, will have probable direct consequences both on the form and on the contents of future publications. The willingness of scholars to produce publications worthy of social visibility may foster a growing number of publications that are attractive, perhaps less complex and more accessible to the “uninitiated”, what we call glamorous publications.

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Confessions of a Science Blogaholic: Highs, Lows, and Increasing Liabilities

Cited by 3 publications

References 21 publications

Arab scholars’ acceptance of informal scholarly communication tools: applying the technology acceptance model 2 (TAM2)

Arab scholars’ acceptance of informal scholarly communication tools: applying the technology acceptance model 2 (TAM2)

Communicating Science through Comics: A Method

Online Visibility, Social Networks and Glamorous Scientific Publications

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