Journalism and Social Media as Means of Observing the Contexts of Science

Allgaier, Joachim; Dunwoody, Sharon; Brossard, Dominique; Lo, Yin-Yueh; Peters, Hans Peter

doi:10.1525/bio.2013.63.4.8

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“…In particular, we suggest that future studies of the medialization of science should examine how scientists deal with the wider array of communication channels available to them, including the mainstream media and new communication channels. Scientists are increasingly relying on social media channels for science information and news, as well as using them as avenues for disseminating their own work to various publics, and they believe that these channels influence public opinions about science (Allgaier et al, 2013a). Future medialization scholars must track this development and explore what it means for the relationship between legacy mass media and scientific work.…”

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“…Although scientists had been found to be uncomfortable with employing online social channels for public communication of science (e.g., Trench, 2012), more recent data suggest that these channels can be used to effectively convey scientists' findings to lay publics (Bombaci et al, 2015;Schäfer, 2012) and that scientists are starting to rely on these channels (Allgaier et al, 2013a;Schäfer, 2012).…”

Section: Medialization and New Communication Channelsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, since 2001, Americans' use of the Internet as a primary source for science information has increased steadily while their reliance on traditional media has declined (National Science Board, 2014). Recent research suggests that scientists are also starting to rely on online media channels for science information and news and regard these channels as important influencers of public opinion about science for publics and policy makers (Allgaier, Dunwoody, Brossard, Lo, & Peters, 2013a).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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How do neuroscientists "make sense" of public visibility in the context of their scientific work? Hierarchical cluster analysis and multidimensional scaling analyses of 24 in-depth interviews with U.S. neuroscientists produced word groups and concept maps related to possible "medialization" processes. Findings suggest that scientists are factoring new communication channels into their public visibility calculus, although one legacy medium, The New York Times, remains the holy grail of medialization.

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“…Although this alternative system of public communication is already forming, it is unclear whether it will finally supplant or merely supplement science journalism (70,78,79). Some expect that science journalism will successfully transfer to the Internet, leading to online versions of well-known news media, adapted to the characteristics of the Internet (e.g., interactivity, hypertext structure, and multimedia).…”

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Gap between science and media revisited: Scientists as public communicators

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2013

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The present article presents an up-to-date account of the current media relations of scientists, based on a comprehensive analysis of relevant surveys. The evidence suggests that most scientists consider visibility in the media important and responding to journalists a professional duty—an attitude that is reinforced by universities and other science organizations. Scientific communities continue to regulate media contacts with their members by certain norms that compete with the motivating and regulating influences of public information departments. Most scientists assume a two-arena model with a gap between the arenas of internal scientific and public communication. They want to meet the public in the public arena, not in the arena of internal scientific communication. Despite obvious changes in science and in the media system, the orientations of scientists toward the media, as well as the patterns of interaction with journalists, have their roots in the early 1980s. Although there is more influence on public communication from the science organizations and more emphasis on strategic considerations today, the available data do not indicate abrupt changes in communication practices or in the relevant beliefs and attitudes of scientists in the past 30 y. Changes in the science–media interface may be expected from the ongoing structural transformation of the public communication system. However, as yet, there is little evidence of an erosion of the dominant orientation toward the public and public communication within the younger generation of scientists.

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“…Unanimously most studies show, however, that science has as of yet largely avoided adapting both its communication efforts and its own media usage to the above mentioned changes in the information behaviour of laypeople (Procter et al 2010;Bader et al 2012;Allgaier 2013). In a web technology use and needs analysis Gerber (2012Gerber ( , 2013 showed that the use of even the most common online tools is still a niche phenomenon in the scientific community.…”

Section: Communication By Scientists and The Institutionalised Prmentioning

confidence: 99%