Science CommunicationPub Date : 2023-06-01Epub Date: 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1177/10755470231186396
Jiyoung Han, Eun-Ju Lee
{"title":"Polarization or Mainstreaming? How COVID-19 News Exposure Affects Perceived Seriousness of the Pandemic and the Susceptibility to COVID-19 Misinformation?","authors":"Jiyoung Han, Eun-Ju Lee","doi":"10.1177/10755470231186396","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10755470231186396","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two surveys investigated whether the exposure to COVID-19 news widens (polarization) or narrows (mainstreaming) the partisan gap in perceived seriousness of the pandemic, and how the perception affects individuals' susceptibility to COVID-19 misinformation that either exaggerates or downplays its health risks. Overall exposure to COVID-19 news homogenized the partisans' otherwise divergent risk perceptions, but the partisan divide was wider among those selectively approaching like-minded news outlets. Perceived seriousness of COVID-19 subsequently altered participants' susceptibility to either fear-arousing or fear-suppressing COVID-19 misinformation in a belief-confirming manner. It is discussed how news media shape the public's reality perception amid the global crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"45 3","pages":"367-401"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6f/ef/10.1177_10755470231186396.PMC10372506.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9919717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Science CommunicationPub Date : 2022-08-01Epub Date: 2022-08-05DOI: 10.1177/10755470221113833
Kathryn Heley, Anna Gaysynsky, Andy J King
{"title":"Missing the Bigger Picture: The Need for More Research on Visual Health Misinformation.","authors":"Kathryn Heley, Anna Gaysynsky, Andy J King","doi":"10.1177/10755470221113833","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10755470221113833","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Research shows that health misinformation is widespread online and poses a potentially significant threat to public health. Visual misinformation has been largely overlooked, a notable gap given the unique features and ubiquity of visual content. In this essay, we (a) provide a working definition of visual misinformation, (b) summarize the main categories of visual misinformation, (c) offer examples of the functions visuals can serve within misinformation content, and (d) outline priorities for advancing research on visual misinformation. A systematic approach to studying visual misinformation can improve efforts to mitigate health misinformation and optimize science communication in the current information environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"44 4","pages":"514-527"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9451169/pdf/nihms-1832386.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33458060","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing Map Features Designed to Convey the Uncertainty of Cancer Risk: Insights Gained From Assessing Judgments of Information Adequacy and Communication Goals.","authors":"Dolores J Severtson","doi":"10.1177/1075547014565908","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1075547014565908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Barriers to communicating the uncertainty of environmental health risks include preferences for certain information and low numeracy. Map features designed to communicate the magnitude and uncertainty of estimated cancer risk from air pollution were tested among 826 participants to assess how map features influenced judgments of adequacy and the intended communication goals. An uncertain versus certain visual feature was judged as less adequate but met both communication goals and addressed numeracy barriers. Expressing relative risk using words communicated uncertainty and addressed numeracy barriers but was judged as highly inadequate. Risk communication and visual cognition concepts were applied to explain findings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"37 1","pages":"59-88"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4580979/pdf/nihms712419.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"34039601","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jessica Janice Tang, Jason Maroothynaden, Fernando Bello, Roger Kneebone
{"title":"Public Engagement Through Shared Immersion: Participating in the Processes of Research.","authors":"Jessica Janice Tang, Jason Maroothynaden, Fernando Bello, Roger Kneebone","doi":"10.1177/1075547012466389","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1075547012466389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recently, the literature has emphasized the aims and logistics of public engagement, rather than its epistemic and cultural processes. In this conceptual article, we use our work on surgical simulation to describe a process that has moved from the classroom and the research laboratory into the public sphere. We propose an innovative shared immersion model for framing the relationship between engagement activities and research. Our model thus frames the public engagement experience as a participative encounter, which brings visitor and researcher together in a shared (surgical) experience mediated by experts from a range of domains.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"35 5","pages":"654-666"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2013-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428650/pdf/emss-63310.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"33181146","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lost in Translation? A Comparison of Cancer-Genetics Reporting in the Press Release and its Subsequent Coverage in Lay Press.","authors":"Jean M Brechman, Chul-Joo Lee, Joseph N Cappella","doi":"10.1177/1075547009332649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547009332649","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Understanding how genetic science is communicated to the lay public is of great import, given that media coverage of genetics is increasing exponentially and that the ways in which discoveries are presented in the news can have significant effects on a variety of health outcomes. To address this issue, this study examines the presentation of genetic research relating to cancer outcomes and behaviors (i.e., prostate cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, smoking and obesity) in both the press release (<i>N</i> = 23) and its subsequent news coverage (<i>N</i> = 71) by using both quantitative content analysis and qualitative textual analysis. In contrast to earlier studies reporting that news stories often misrepresent genetics by presenting biologically deterministic and simplified portrayals (e.g., Mountcastle-Shah et al., 2003; Ten Eych & Williment, 2003), our data shows no clear trends in the direction of distortion toward deterministic claims in news articles. Also, other errors commonly attributed to science journalism, such as lack of qualifying details and use of oversimplified language (e.g., \"fat gene\") are observed in press releases. These findings suggest that the intermediary press release rather than news coverage may serve as a source of distortion in the dissemination of science to the lay public. The implications of this study for future research in this area are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"30 4","pages":"453-474"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2009-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1075547009332649","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"32957866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Brain Imaging: A Decade of Coverage in the Print Media.","authors":"Eric Racine, Ofek Bar-Ilan, Judy Illes","doi":"10.1177/1075547006291990","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1075547006291990","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advances in neuroscience are increasingly intersecting with issues of ethical, legal, and social interest. This study is an analysis of press coverage of an advanced technology for brain imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, that has gained significant public visibility over the past ten years. Discussion of issues of scientific validity and interpretation dominated over ethical content in both the popular and specialized press. Coverage of research on higher order cognitive phenomena specifically attributed broad personal and societal meaning to neuroimages. The authors conclude that neuroscience provides an ideal model for exploring science communication and ethics in a multicultural context.</p>","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"28 1","pages":"122-142"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1075547006291990","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26578785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental news: coverage of the Earth Summit by Brazilian newspapers.","authors":"R Reis","doi":"10.1177/1075547099021002003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547099021002003","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines how two important Brazilian newspapers covered the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (Earth Summit). Overall, 649 news items were content analyzed to determine the type of sources used, as well as the kind of issues covered. The analysis showed that government officials were the most frequently cited sources, while environmentalists and scientists were all but ignored as news sources. The analysis also indicated that economic issues were surprisingly prominent in the coverage. These results are compatible with previous studies done in several countries and indicate that environmental media are still extremely reliant on “official” vioces. The findings also highlight the fact that the range of issues covered by the environmental media largely reflects the perceived public agenda.","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"21 2","pages":"137-55"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"1999-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1075547099021002003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22031560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The origins and development of the diffusion of innovations paradigm as an example of scientific growth.","authors":"T W Valente, E M Rogers","doi":"10.1177/1075547095016003002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547095016003002","url":null,"abstract":"This article traces the emergence of the basic paradigm for early diffusion research created by two rural sociologists at Iowa State University, Bryce Ryan and Neal C. Gross. The diffusion paradigm spread to an invisible college of midwestern rural sociological researchers in the 1950s and 1960s, and then to a larger, interdisciplinary field of diffusion scholars. By the late 1960s, rural sociologists lost interest in diffusion studies, not because it was ineffective scientifically, but because of lack of support for such study as a consequence of farm overproduction and because most of the interesting research questions were thought to be answered.","PeriodicalId":47828,"journal":{"name":"Science Communication","volume":"16 3","pages":"242-73"},"PeriodicalIF":9.0,"publicationDate":"1995-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/1075547095016003002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22028144","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}