Science communication activism: Protesting Traditional Chinese Medicine in China

Zhu, Qiaoyan; Horst, Maja

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“…However, several empirical studies have shown that PES is appearing as an element in certain public issues in China. For example, activists use science communication as a way of protesting the current political, medical, and cultural structures around the use and funding of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China (Zhu & Horst, 2019 ). PES is also crucial for improving the acceptance of some controversial technologies and issues such as nuclear energy development.…”

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Influence of Public Engagement with Science on Scientific Information Literacy During the COVID‑19 Pandemic

Feng

2021

Sci & Educ

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we are fighting not only the novel coronavirus, but also the “infodemic” induced by the pandemic. Therefore, it is urgent to explore approaches for enhancing individual immunity against science-related misinformation. We conducted a cross-sectional study to examine the relationship between public engagement with science (PES) and scientific information literacy (SIL) during the COVID-19 pandemic from college students (N = 8075) in China. The results showed that there was a significant difference between attitudes toward and activities of PES. More importantly, both PES activities and PES attitudes were found positively associated with SIL, especially the PES attitudes. The empirical study is significant in demonstrating the predictive effect of PES on individual ability to recognize science-related misinformation, which is crucial for mitigating harm from the “infodemic.” Our study indicated that other than a science communication model in order to restore public trust in science, PES is promising to be incorporated into informal science education to facilitate individual SIL.

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Influence of Public Engagement with Science on Scientific Information Literacy During the COVID‑19 Pandemic

Feng

2021

Sci & Educ

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“…This issue does not only occur at the local level, but also exists at the international level, as in the European Union, where there is no homogeneous regulation on this issue in the Member States (Wiesener et al, 2012) and where the integration of these practices in the national health system is not occurring equally (Schneiders et al, 2017). (2) The sceptical movement, which spreads a discourse against CAM, has strength in the public opinion (Cano-Orón, 2019); as has also happened in the UK (Caldwell, 2017;Chatfield et al, 2012), Australia (Brosnan, 2015; or China (Chen et al, 2018;Zhu and Horst, 2019). (3) The homeopathic industry has reported financial losses compared to other years due to sceptical mobilisation campaigns.…”

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“…(2) The sceptical movement, which spreads a discourse against CAM, has strength in the public opinion (Cano-Orón, 2019); as has also happened in the UK (Caldwell, 2017; Chatfield et al, 2012), Australia (Brosnan, 2015; Lewis, 2019) or China (Chen et al, 2018; Zhu and Horst, 2019).…”

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Media’s portrayal of CAM: Exploring 40 years of narratives and meanings in public discourse

Lopera-Pareja

Cano‐Orón

2021

Journalism

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The media are a key element in being able to assess how the climate of public opinion regarding Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAM) has evolved over the years. The aim of this study is to explore the variation of the media representations along 40 years (1979–2018) in Spanish newspapers to assess if the press has contributed to legitimise, delegitimise or maintain the status quo of these therapies. From quantitative and qualitative approaches, we evaluate the media attention, the narratives, linguistic terms and tone used, and the relations between them. Results indicate the media reporting on CAM has remained relatively stable during the first 37 years (1979–2015) of the study, but in the last 3 years a radical change has been observed in media attention, tone, language and arguments used. Media representations of this issue evolves from a period of low media attention (1979–2015), in which CAM was legitimised, to another period of high media attention (2016–2018), in which CAM was delegitimised.

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“…Chinese scientists' online communication is one example of empowerment by social media. As in other parts of the world, social media such as Weibo and WeChat enabled multiple social actors to generate diversified discourses in topics ranging from GMOs (Xu et al, 2018), genomic editing (Xing Zhang et al, 2021a), traditional Chinese medicine (Zhu and Horst, 2019), and China's space program (Y. Zhang, 2021a).…”

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More engagement but less participation: China’s alternative approach to public communication of science and technology

Jia

2022

Public Underst Sci

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This essay critically traces the development of public engagement with science in China in the past decade and relevant scholarly studies. While confirming the country’s tremendous progress in the field achieved either by official efforts or by social media empowerment, it argues that science communication advances have not realized the public engagement with science ideal of enabling the public to participate in constructive dialogue for policymaking. However, citing recent studies on the specifics of China’s science communication, ranging from scientists’ reliance on their organization, to the consequences of attitudinal polarization, this article appeals to an alternative research agenda to broaden our understanding of the dynamic science communication process in the world’s most populous nation.

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Science communication activism: Protesting Traditional Chinese Medicine in China

Cited by 4 publications

References 33 publications

Influence of Public Engagement with Science on Scientific Information Literacy During the COVID‑19 Pandemic

Influence of Public Engagement with Science on Scientific Information Literacy During the COVID‑19 Pandemic

Media’s portrayal of CAM: Exploring 40 years of narratives and meanings in public discourse

More engagement but less participation: China’s alternative approach to public communication of science and technology

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