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Discourse competition and fragmented echoes: A computational frame analysis of climate change debate on Platform X. 话语竞争与碎片化回声：X平台气候变化辩论的计算框架分析。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261469059

Hao Gao, Yi Zheng, Ziqing Yang

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When academic leaders disconnect from social media in Finland: Situational rationality, silent resistance. 当芬兰的学术领袖与社交媒体脱节时：情境理性，无声抵抗。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-03 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261469511

Leena Ripatti-Torniainen, Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg

{"title":"When academic leaders disconnect from social media in Finland: Situational rationality, silent resistance.","authors":"Leena Ripatti-Torniainen, Karoliina Talvitie-Lamberg","doi":"10.1177/09636625261469511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625261469511","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study, conducted at Finland's research universities, analyses high-profile academic leaders who have chosen to be disconnected from social media. We conducted individual interviews with 19 leaders and performed a situational analysis to investigate the rationale for abstaining from social media. Academic leaders rationalised disconnection by reasons related to personality, sociability, critical rationality, and health and security. The leaders' intensive involvement in three social worlds intensified the individual rationale for disconnection and enabled the leaders to work successfully despite disconnection. These social worlds were research and science, sensitive academia, and insider networks in society. In the context of the managerial neoliberal university, its promotional communication culture, and competition for visibility, the leaders' disconnection from social media has a dissident, resistant characteristic. The study contributes to prior research through its comprehensive approach to academic leaders' operational environment. Future research should elaborate on the systemic approach to social media in universities.","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"9636625261469511"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148664633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Generics in science communication: Misaligned interpretations across laypeople, scientists, and large language models. 科学传播中的泛型：外行人、科学家和大型语言模型之间的不一致解释。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-20 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261425891

Uwe Peters, Andrea Bertazzoli, Jasmine M DeJesus, Gisela J van der Velden, Benjamin Chin-Yee

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Expertise as contingency-reduction: Evidence from interviews concerning Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine on German TV news. 专业知识作为应急减少：来自德国电视新闻中关于俄罗斯2022年入侵乌克兰的采访证据。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-22 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261425575

Monika Krause, Jan Gilles

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Public engagement professionals: Exploring ethical tensions in communication, engagement and co-creation. 公共参与专业人员：探索沟通、参与和共同创造中的道德紧张关系。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-05 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261440854

Clare Wilkinson, Aleksandra Stelmach, Michael Parker, Milly Farrell

{"title":"Public engagement professionals: Exploring ethical tensions in communication, engagement and co-creation.","authors":"Clare Wilkinson, Aleksandra Stelmach, Michael Parker, Milly Farrell","doi":"10.1177/09636625261440854","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261440854","url":null,"abstract":"Recent decades have seen the rising establishment of public engagement professionals supporting communication and engagement in the contexts of science and health research. This article explores how public engagement professionals consider the ethical dimensions of their work. Based on analysis of 17 interviews with science communication and public engagement specialists at UK academic institutions and in practice settings, we examine the ways in which they frame ethical issues associated with engagement, as well as how they frame both publics and researchers. In doing so, we explore two tensions that together highlight how the rising popularity of engagement methods, including engaged research, can increase awareness of the need to ethically scrutinise engagement and associated practices. We also argue that public engagement professionals can further contribute to and advance academic discussion around engagement, arguing that ongoing research with practitioners is beneficial for academic understanding of communication, engagement and engaged research.","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"728-746"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13380656/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147844671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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How the public evaluates various sources of scientific information: A descriptive examination. 公众如何评价各种科学信息来源：一个描述性的检验。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261437376

Austin Y Hubner, Blue Lerner, Hillary C Shulman

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Why is it so hard to do co-created citizen social science? Reflecting on challenges and potential solutions. 为什么做共同创造的公民社会科学这么难？反思挑战和潜在的解决方案。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-27 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261426841

Jörg Matthes, Isabelle Freiling

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The communication of science within the framework of European Union-funded research projects: Exploring practitioners' experiences and perceptions. 欧盟资助研究项目框架内的科学传播：探索实践者的经验和看法。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-29 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261433895

Luis Arboledas-Lérida

{"title":"The communication of science within the framework of European Union-funded research projects: Exploring practitioners' experiences and perceptions.","authors":"Luis Arboledas-Lérida","doi":"10.1177/09636625261433895","DOIUrl":"10.1177/09636625261433895","url":null,"abstract":"This article aims to advance our understanding of the communication of science conducted within the framework of externally funded research projects, also known as project-based science communication. It deploys semi-structured interviews to explore the experiences and perceptions of 26 communication specialists, project managers and other professionals who have been involved in the Communication & Dissemination Work Packages of Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe projects. Interviewees regard the communication of European Union-funded projects as beneficial, both personally and for society as a whole-in the latter case, primarily in instrumental terms. They identify several challenges to their communication functions, ranging from working conditions to structural factors such as project size or project duration, to the relationship with researchers and other partners. Many interviewees also hold a critical opinion of the current communication practices within European Union-funded projects and acknowledge the potentially detrimental effects of the multiplication of projects with attached communication responsibilities. The ultimate purpose of this article is to elicit interest in project-based science communication within the science communication scholarly community.","PeriodicalId":48094,"journal":{"name":"Public Understanding of Science","volume":" ","pages":"707-727"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13380658/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147576033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Eighteenth-century science communication? Exploring the case of Julien Offray de La Mettrie. 18世纪的科学传播？探讨朱利安·奥德雷·德拉梅特里一案。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-04 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261441408

Felix Eichbaum

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When scientists 'Tok: Memetic communication and scientific information engagement in short video-based social media. 当科学家Tok：短视频社交媒体中的模因交流和科学信息参与。

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Public Understanding of Science Pub Date : 2026-07-30 DOI: 10.1177/09636625261469057

Jon Benedik Bunquin, Alex Segrè Cohen

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