Rethinking science communication in a changing landscape

Kupper, Frank; Moreno-Castro, Carolina; Fornetti, Alessandra

doi:10.22323/2.20030501

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“…The SwafS-19 projects have produced research outputs to help reinterpret and rethink science communication in light of this ever-changing landscape (Kupper et al, 2021). Each project maintains a separate website so that project details, outputs, and data from the ongoing research remain publicly accessible.…”

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Taking Stock and Re-Examining the Role of Science Communication

Roche

Arias

Bell

et al. 2021

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Eight science communication research projects have been funded by the European Commission since 2018. These projects are a response to one of the European Commission's 'Science with and for Society' (SwafS) funding calls -"SwafS-19: Taking stock and re-examining the role of science communication." Together these projects have received almost €10 million in research funding, and each has been affected to some extent by the COVID-19 global pandemic. This paper provides an overview of the eight projects, how they adapted to the challenges caused by the pandemic, and the subsequent implications for science communication policy and research funding.

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Taking Stock and Re-Examining the Role of Science Communication

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“…We analyzed only human studies from this database as journalists consider them more newsworthy than other study types [ 29 ]. We limited our analysis to the most recent three-year period available to reduce confounding from the rapidly changing media landscape [ 30 ].…”

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Effective communications strategies to increase the impact of environmental health research

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Background Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are the subject of a growing body of research with the potential to positively impact public and ecological health. However, to effect positive change, findings must be communicated beyond the scientific community. Objective We sought to (a) evaluate the relationships between communications strategy, media attention, and scholarly citations of PFAS research and (b) offer guidance for researchers and communications professionals who would like to publicize future work and increase its impact. Methods We analyzed 273 peer-reviewed epidemiological studies on PFAS human health impacts with publication years 2018–2020, as collected by a pre-existing database. We investigated whether a press release was issued, open-access status, abstract and press release readability, timing of publication and press release distribution, journal impact factor, study type and sample size, statistical significance of finding(s), number of scholarly citations, and the Altmetric Attention Score (a measure of media attention). Discussion Of papers reporting a statistically significant association with health harm, those with a press release received 20 times more media attention (as assessed by Altmetric scores) than those that did not. However, only 6.2% of all papers and 7.8% of significant papers issued one. Among papers with a press release, media attention was positively correlated with better abstract and press release readability and speed in issuing the press release. Scholarly citations were positively correlated with media attention, presence of a press release, and open-access status. Conclusion Most papers with significant findings on PFAS are published without a press release and receive little or no media attention. This reduces the likelihood that important research is reaching the public and decisionmakers who can translate science into action. Issuing a press release and receiving media attention also appear to increase scholarly citations. We provide recommendations for authors to increase the reach and impact of future papers.

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“…Although it has been acknowledged that researchers need to find new ways to engage with the public such as inviting for dialogue [Guenther & Joubert, 2017;Kupper et al, 2021], or try new forms and formats for communicating science [Jonsson & Grafström, 2021;Treise & Weigold, 2002], it is important to pay attention to and discuss how that may influence, or improve, not only ways of communicating science but also our understanding of science communication.…”

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“…While research has seen a growing interest in science communication elaborating on various aspects and consequences of a mediatized society, [e.g. Bucchi & Trench, 2016;Hall Jamieson, Kahan & Scheufele, 2017;Kupper, Moreno-Castro & Fornetti, 2021;Trench & Bucchi, 2010], there is a dearth of research that builds on the experience and reflections of how researchers understand and translate efforts of communicating science and when engaging in the meeting with others [cf. Kahan, 2015].…”

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Communicating science through competing logics and a science-art lens

Jönsson¹,

Brechensbauer²,

Grafström³

2022

JCOM

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This essay takes a starting point in the well-known tension between the media logic and the scientific logic and the challenges when communicating science in a mediatized society. Building on the experience of engaging in research comics, both as a method for communicating science and a creative example of a meeting between science and art, we introduce a framework — a pedagogical tool — for how science communication can be understood through the two competing logics. We contribute to literature about the balancing act of being a ‘legitimate expert’ and a ‘visible scientist’, and suggest that the meeting between science and art can be understood as a lens for how to communicate science that goes beyond the deficit model.

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Rethinking science communication in a changing landscape

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Taking Stock and Re-Examining the Role of Science Communication

Taking Stock and Re-Examining the Role of Science Communication

Effective communications strategies to increase the impact of environmental health research

Communicating science through competing logics and a science-art lens

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