Science and News

Q3 Social Sciences

Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship Pub Date : 2019-08-06 DOI:10.29173/istl25

T. Cataldo, Kailey Langer, Amy G. Buhler, Samuel R. Putnam, R. Elrod, Ixchel M. Faniel, L. Connaway, Christopher Cyr, Brittany Brannon, J. Valenza, Erin M. Hood, Randy A. Graff

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Abstract

This paper explores how students judge scientific news resources, as they might find through a Google search. The data were collected as part of an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded project. Students used a simulated search engine that ensured study participants found the same search results while seeking information for a science-related school project. The 116 students from high school, community college, undergraduate, and graduate communities evaluated three online news resources for their helpfulness, citability, credibility, and container. Analysis of quantitative data from the study indicated that students may find news resources helpful for a science project, but do not always consider them citable. Students appeared to focus on the organization that produced the news resource (i.e., source) when judging its credibility. Not all students identified the resources’ containers as news, even when the source was widely known. The researchers note differences in judgment between educational stages. Differences were especially pronounced between high school and higher education students, with high school students more likely to find news sources worthy of citing for school projects.

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科学与新闻

本文探讨了学生如何判断科学新闻资源，因为他们可能通过b谷歌搜索找到。这些数据是作为博物馆和图书馆服务研究所(IMLS)资助项目的一部分收集的。学生们使用了一个模拟搜索引擎，以确保研究参与者在为科学相关的学校项目寻找信息时找到相同的搜索结果。来自高中、社区学院、本科生和研究生社区的116名学生对三个在线新闻资源的有用性、可引用性、可信度和容器进行了评估。该研究的定量数据分析表明，学生可能会发现新闻资源对科学项目有帮助，但并不总是认为它们是可引用的。在判断新闻资源的可信度时，学生们似乎更关注提供新闻资源的组织(即消息来源)。并不是所有的学生都认为这些资源的容器是新闻，即使这些资源的来源广为人知。研究人员注意到不同教育阶段在判断上的差异。高中生和受过高等教育的学生之间的差异尤其明显，高中生更有可能找到值得为学校项目引用的新闻来源。

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