Scholarly soundbites

Rowley-Jolivet, Elizabeth; Carter‐Thomas, Shirley

doi:10.1075/pbns.308.05row

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“…To ensure temporal comparability with the 3MT presentations, we selected short videos that lasted between 2 and a half and 4 minutes, and that had been uploaded in the last 5 years (2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019)(2020). In SSH fields, this proved difficult as many of the available videos were much longer than our 2½-4 minute time limit, indicating either that the use of these short-form 'scholarly soundbites', which have become popular in STEMM fields to disseminate research to a wide audience (Rowley-Jolivet & Carter-Thomas, 2019), has not yet caught on in SSH, or that some areas of SSH research do not lend themselves well to very brief presentations. Two of the 15 SSH RGVs were therefore collected from other English-speaking universities (Edinburgh and Queensland).…”

Section: Corpusmentioning

confidence: 98%

Research Visibility and Speaker Ethos: A Comparative Study of Researcher Identity in 3MT Presentations and Research Group Videos

Rowley-Jolivet,

Carter-Thomas

2023

Digital Scientific Communication

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This study analyses researcher identity projection in two digitally-mediated genres, both addressed to non-specialist audiences: Three Minute Thesis presentations (3MTs) by doctoral students, and Research Group Videos (RGVs) produced by researchers in university laboratories. Adopting a discursive, socially constructed view of identity, we compare the researchers' identities by considering three dimensions: level of researcher expertise (novice researchers in 3MTs vs senior researchers in RGVs), disciplinary area (STEMM vs SSH), and the different verbal and non-verbal affordances available for identity projection. Results show that in both genres the researchers' credibility or ethos is founded on non-technical arguments (social applications, practical outcomes) in a concern for proximity with the lay audiences. However, there are also numerous differences in the identities projected in the two genres, particularly in terms of the level of researcher expertise (novice vs senior). Disciplinary differences in the identities performed in STEMM and SSH are also observed, reflecting each discipline's epistemic culture.

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Section: Corpusmentioning

confidence: 98%

Research Visibility and Speaker Ethos: A Comparative Study of Researcher Identity in 3MT Presentations and Research Group Videos

Rowley-Jolivet,

Carter-Thomas

2023

Digital Scientific Communication

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“…Static images, videos, sound, oral narration, and animations are constitutive in these genres, particularly in "add-on summaries" (Katsampoxaki-Hodgetts, 2022: 2) that orbit around the research article and are offered to readers free of charge across multiple sharing platforms (such as YouTube, Vimeo, Twitter, Instagram, or science blogs). Readers may become aware of a publication not because they searched for it in a journal's homepage, but because it 'fell into their lap' through notification services and in formats that are tangible 'at a glance' to satisfy the reading behavior of users in the digital medium, characterized by zapping from one small piece of information to another (Rowley-Jolivet & Carter-Thomas, 2019).…”

Section: Science Recontextualization Strategies In Gas: Previous Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Multimodal Move Analysis of Graphical Abstracts in Medicine and Chemistry

Florek¹,

Hendges²

2023

ESP Today

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Graphical abstracts (GAs), as other new digital forms of communicating science, have been promoted as tools to escalate the reach of journal articles and move science into unconventional environments such as social media. Despite the rapid and widespread adoption of the GA in various fields, its genre status is still controversial due to its unstable structure and functions. Here, we examine the move structure of 100 GAs published in 2022 in 10 high impact journals in medicine and chemistry. We aim to verify adherence to the Introduction-Methods-Results-Discussion pattern and the role of visual and written resources in move realization. We also discuss selections of multimodal resources that may result from the processes of recontextualization of scientific discourse to audiences other than expert peers. Our findings reveal that move structure varies across fields: in chemistry, only Results are obligatory, while in medicine the obligatory pattern is Methods-Results-Conclusion. Move realization in predominantly multimodal, with visual resources as the key element in the presentation of Methods and Results, while the written mode is characteristic of Conclusion. Acknowledgment of readers other than the peer scientist is evident in three medicine journals whose GAs are not produced by the author of the respective articles, but by graphic designers.

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“…In recent years, a new trend has emerged to digitise the dissemination of research in virtual environments far beyond the academic setting and to get the message of teacher-researchers to a wider population that are not experts in a given field of study (Rowley-Jolivet & Carter-Thomas, 2019). Accordingly, new ways to convey science have appeared not only limited to academic and cultural organisations (Scotto di Carlo, 2014), but research has also been spread among non-expert consumers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

multimodal analysis of humour as an engagement strategy in YouTube research dissemination videos

Bernad-Mechó

Girón-García

2023

EJHR

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Science popularisation has received widespread interest in the last decade. With the rapid evolution from print to digital modes of information, science outreach has been seen to cross educational boundaries and become integrated into wider contexts such as YouTube. One of the main features of the success of research dissemination videos on YouTube is the ability to establish a meaningful connection with the audience. In this regard, humour may be used as a strategy for engagement. Most studies on humour, however, are conducted solely from a purely linguistic perspective, obviating the complex multimodal reality of communication in the digital era. Considering this background, we set out to explore how humour is used from a multimodal point of view as an engagement strategy in YouTube research dissemination. We selected three research dissemination videos from three distinct YouTube channels to fulfil this aim. After an initial viewing, 22 short humoristic fragments that were particularly engaging were selected. These fragments were further explored using Multimodal Analysis - Video (MAV)[1], a multi-layered annotation tool that allows for fine-grained multimodal analysis. Humoristic strategies and contextual features were explored, as well as two main types of modes: embodied and filmic. Results show the presence of 9 linguistic strategies to introduce humour in YouTube science dissemination videos which are always accompanied by heterogeneous combinations of embodied and filmic modes that contribute to fully achieving humoristic purposes. [1] Multi-layer annotation software used to describe the use of semiotic modes in video files. By using this software, researchers may analyse, for instance, how gestures, gaze, proxemics, head movements, facial expression, etc. are employed in a given file.

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Scholarly soundbites

Cited by 17 publications

References 13 publications

Research Visibility and Speaker Ethos: A Comparative Study of Researcher Identity in 3MT Presentations and Research Group Videos

Research Visibility and Speaker Ethos: A Comparative Study of Researcher Identity in 3MT Presentations and Research Group Videos

A Multimodal Move Analysis of Graphical Abstracts in Medicine and Chemistry

multimodal analysis of humour as an engagement strategy in YouTube research dissemination videos

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