Rigour in Online Science Videos

Francés, Miquel; Blanes, Àlvar Peris

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“…Besides these case studies, there are already some publications which put the single results in a nutshell by drawing some general conclusions for example on the benefits and drawback of this new media landscape (Rosenthal, 2020), on the danger of an erosion of the epistemic order of society (Neuberger and Jarren, 2017) or they discuss the impact of online videos on the transformation of science communication and the image of science and scientists (Bourk and León, 2020, p. 117-123). Particularly the publication of the international research project "Videonline" (León and Bourk, 2020) summarizes research results from different countries, giving an overview of investigations on several relevant aspects of online science videos including a classification of online science videos (Davis and León, 2020; García-Avilés and de Lara, 2020) or a discussion of criteria for the epistemic qualities of online videos (Francés and Peris, 2020). Despite the broad spectrum of issues, this comprehensive publication does not contain any empirical results on the reception of science videos and knowledge transfer.…”

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Audiovisual Science Communication on TV and YouTube. How Recipients Understand and Evaluate Science Videos

2020

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With the emergence of the Internet, social media and video platforms are gaining considerable influence on the traditional media landscape in general and on science communication in particular. This has changed the role of science journalists as gatekeepers because many platforms are based on a participatory culture, in which passive consumers can become active participants. In addition to scientists, non-scientific actors also act as experts and participate in the communication process between science and the public. In contrast to the relevance of YouTube for science communication there is a lack of research focusing on the questions of how internet users receive YouTube videos to acquire information about science, how successful audiovisual media function in knowledge transfer, and what effects it has on the epistemic regime of a society. Therefore, this study combines a discourse analysis with the aim to create a typology of YouTube videos—the independent variables—and an audience study for investigating knowledge transfer—the dependent variables. In the first step, this article presents the results of a systematic analysis and categorization of 400 German science videos, from which four types of audiovisual science communication on YouTube were derived: presentation films, expert films, animation films, and narrative explanatory films. In order to clarify how powerful these new forms of science communication are in terms of knowledge transfer, attitudes, and trust toward the presentation of science, a discourse analysis of the videos is combined with a multi-level reception study and an online survey. The reception study included eye-tracking to investigate the allocation of attention and two different methods of knowledge tests (recognition and recall) of which the multiple-choice test was also applied in the online survey. The results show that the type of video has an important impact on knowledge transfer and para-social effects. One of the central results of the audience study is that the videos' gaze guidance, the recipients' allocation of attention, and the results of knowledge testing are closely intertwined. The correlation of data from eye-tracking and the two knowledge tests prove in principle that the more homogeneous the gaze patterns of the recipients are, the better they score in the multiple-choice test as well as in the concept mapping test.

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Audiovisual Science Communication on TV and YouTube. How Recipients Understand and Evaluate Science Videos

2020

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“…Aunque la rigurosidad debe estar siempre en el centro de la divulgación científica (Francés y Peris, 2018), comunicar los contenidos de forma interesante, accesible y entretenida es vital para captar la atención del público. Aun cuando se reclama una narrativa objetiva, se reconoce que en la práctica es importante incorporar las emociones como parte del discurso científico (Lugo-Ocando y Glück, 2018), pues es precisamente en este aspecto donde la posverdad y las pseudociencias toman ventaja a los hechos científicos.…”

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Divulgación científica en YouTube

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Ortiz

2022

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En los últimos años han ido emergiendo en YouTube divulgadores independientes de prácticamente la totalidad de campos académicos, culturales y científicos; también conocidos como influencers de ciencia. Paralelamente, las tradicionales instituciones académicas y científicas se han sumado al fenómeno de la divulgación digital lanzando sus propios canales de YouTube, como es el caso de las Unidades de Cultura Científica e Innovación (UCC+i) de la mayoría de universidades españolas. Este artículo profundiza en la divulgación científica desarrollada en YouTube por ambos colectivos y establece un análisis comparativo entre los resultados obtenidos por los influencers de ciencia frente a los canales institucionales. Los resultados revelan que los canales de YouTube que pertenecen a instituciones científicas tienen un alcance y un engagement muy por debajo del que poseen los canales de influencers de ciencia. En cuanto al estilo, los youtubers independientes apuestan por un formato audiovisual más adaptado a la plataforma y por el uso de un tono ameno basado en unos códigos comunes compartidos con la comunidad. Por su parte, los canales de entidades científicas muestran una faceta demasiado institucional y corporativa que seguramente esté lastrando su potencial divulgativo y su capacidad de impacto entre la ciudadanía mediática.

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“…They are broadcast on practically all the networks, in almost all time slots (mornings, afternoons and evenings) and every day of the week, always following very similar guidelines. This is due to the homogenization of the Spanish television system, characteristic for a notable business concentration and an atavistic fear of innovation and risk (Francés and Peris, 2017;Bustamante, 2014).…”

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Polarization and Spectacle in the Spanish Political Talk Show ‘La Sexta Noche’ During the 2019 European Elections

Blanes

Sánchez

2021

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This article analyses how in the main political talk show on television in Spain, La Sexta Noche, the main themes of the European agenda were silenced or conditioned by the themes of the national, regional and local agenda during the last European elections. The media debate was oriented towards an analysis of the results of national elections and the campaign for regional and local elections that allowed for a greater spectacle, thanks to the shock effect of such polarized ideologies and the trivialization of national politics. This research has studied all the shows of the programme broadcast as of the national elections on 28th April 2019 up until the European elections held on 26th May 2019, analysing the main topics covered and the kind and tone of discourses made. Due to the fact that controversial political issues are preferred to more relevant ones in order to generate a spectacle and bigger audiences, the results indicate that the political talk show analysed contributes to the trivialization of debates and the impoverishment of public space, aided by formal elements inherent in the infotainment genre.

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Rigour in Online Science Videos

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Audiovisual Science Communication on TV and YouTube. How Recipients Understand and Evaluate Science Videos

Audiovisual Science Communication on TV and YouTube. How Recipients Understand and Evaluate Science Videos

Divulgación científica en YouTube

Polarization and Spectacle in the Spanish Political Talk Show ‘La Sexta Noche’ During the 2019 European Elections

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