scholarly journals Navigating knowledge landscapes: on health, science, communication, media, and society

2015 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Lydia Svalastog ◽  
Joachim Allgaier ◽  
Srećko Gajović
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Communication Media

scholarly journals Citizen Science, Communication, and Expertise: An Examination of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center's Plastics Project

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Wehner
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Puget Sound ◽  
Marine Debris ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
Marine Science ◽  
Project Staff ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
Science Projects

Citizen science projects have the opportunity to educate participants about environmental issues being studied first-hand and often in the field. The Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Plastics Project utilized volunteers to collect and sort through samples of sand on beaches to estimate the abundance of plastic marine debris on beaches throughout the Puget Sound of Washington State. Volunteers were surveyed to determine if educational benefits were evident, if participants were educating others and with what frequency, what communication media were used and preferred, and who participants identified as experts. All participants reported being better educated about plastic marine and most reported changes in their consumer behavior. Participants who educated others on a regular basis also attended environmental and plastic marine debris-focused events, and interacted with experts regularly. No other demographic variables examined were able to distinguish more active educators from less active. Participants used and preferred email and in-person communication media while social media and postal mail were among the least utilized. Participants identified a wide array of experts, including university scientists and Plastics Project staff. Citizen science projects may be beneficial at inducing consumer behavior changes and educating participants, and should take care to explore lectures and other in-person communication approaches to increase opportunities for learning. Participants’ wide perception of expertise should be taken advantage of to increase opportunities for participant-expert interaction and address participant questions and concerns.

scholarly journals Health science communication strategies used by researchers with the public in the digital and social media ecosystem: a systematic scoping review protocol

BMJ Open ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. e019833 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillaume Fontaine ◽  
Andréane Lavallée ◽  
Marc-André Maheu-Cadotte ◽  
Julien Bouix-Picasso ◽  
Anne Bourbonnais
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Grey Literature ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Published Data ◽  
The Public ◽  
Review Team ◽  
Media Ecosystem

IntroductionThe optimisation of health science communication (HSC) between researchers and the public is crucial. In the last decade, the rise of the digital and social media ecosystem allowed for the disintermediation of HSC. Disintermediation refers to the public’s direct access to information from researchers about health science-related topics through the digital and social media ecosystem, a process that would otherwise require a human mediator, such as a journalist. Therefore, the primary aim of this scoping review is to describe the nature and the extent of the literature regarding HSC strategies involving disintermediation used by researchers with the public in the digital and social media ecosystem. The secondary aim is to describe the HSC strategies used by researchers, and the communication channels associated with these strategies.Methods and analysisWe will conduct a scoping review based on the Joanna Briggs Institute’s methodology and perform a systematic search of six bibliographical databases (CINAHL, EMBASE, IBSS, PubMed, Sociological Abstracts and Web of Science), four trial registries and relevant sources of grey literature. Relevant journals and reference lists of included records will be hand-searched. Data will be managed using the EndNote software and the Rayyan web application. Two review team members will perform independently the screening process as well as the full-text assessment of included records. Descriptive data will be synthesised in a tabular format. Data regarding the nature and the extent of the literature, the HSC strategies and the associated communication channels will be presented narratively.Ethics and disseminationThis review does not require institutional review board approval as we will use only collected and published data. Results will allow the mapping of the literature about HSC between researchers and the public in the digital and social media ecosystem, and will be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

scholarly journals Science communication media for scientists and the public

EMBO Reports ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 886-887 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikos Darzentas ◽  
Leon Goldovsky ◽  
Christos A. Ouzounis ◽  
Kleanthis Karapiperis ◽  
Christos Karapiperis
Keyword(s):  
Science Communication ◽  
Communication Media ◽  
The Public

Physical Activity Communication: A Scoping Review of the Literature

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline D. Bergeron ◽  
Andrea H. Tanner ◽  
Daniela B. Friedman ◽  
Yue Zheng ◽  
Courtney S. Schrock ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Physical Activity Guidelines ◽  
The Public ◽  
Media Channels

Engaging in regular physical activity can help prevent chronic disease and enhance quality of life. Unfortunately, less than 20% of American adults meet the recommended physical activity guidelines, perhaps indicating ineffective communication efforts around physical activity. In preparation for the release of the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, and using the physical activity guidelines as a cornerstone of our approach, we conducted a scoping review of physical activity communication research to understand the scholarly efforts related to communicating about physical activity. Using a social-ecological perspective, we identified studies using the keywords physical activity* OR exercise* AND health communication* in three public health and communication databases and retained studies conducted in the United States and published in English from 1995 through 2015. Sixty-seven articles included a mention of physical activity guidelines, a health communication focus, and media channels used in promoting physical activity. Half of the studies were published in health/science communication journals. One third of the studies mentioned physical activity guidelines. Only 19% of the studies featured mental health benefits of physical activity while more than 64% emphasized physical health benefits. Nearly all the studies (96%) mentioned the use of persuasion to encourage engagement in physical activity. More effort is needed to study the influence of communicating physical activity guidelines to the public. Best practices for future physical activity communication are discussed for both researchers and practitioners.

Fighting a pandemic through translating science: A mixed-methods study to establish effective, evidence-based health science video communication (the COVCOM study) (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Roislien ◽  
Jane O'Hara ◽  
Ionica Smeets ◽  
Kolbjørn Brønnick ◽  
Siv Hilde Berg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Video Communication ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Public Health Communication ◽  
Contagious Diseases ◽  
Wide Range

BACKGROUND The non-linear nature of contagious diseases and its potential for exponential growth can be difficult to grasp for the general public. This has strong implications for public health communication, which needs to be both easy accessible and efficient. A pandemic is an extreme situation and the accompanying strict societal measures are generally easier to accept if one understands the underlying reasoning behind them. Bringing about informed attitude change and getting compliance to strict restrictions requires explanations of scientific concepts and terminologies that laypersons can understand. OBJECTIVE The aim of the project is to develop effective, evidence-based modes of video communication for translating complex, but important health messages about pandemics to both the general population and decision-makers. The study uses Covid-19 as a case to learn and prepare society for handling also the next pandemic, as well as provide evidence-based tools to the science communication toolbox. METHODS The project applies a mixed-methods design, combining qualitative methods (e.g. interviews, observational studies, literature reviews), and quantitative methods (e.g. randomized controlled trials). The project brings together researchers from a wide range of academic fields, as well as communication industry professionals. RESULTS This study has received funding from the Trond Mohn Foundation through the Research Council of Norway’s “COVID-19 Emergency Call for Proposals” March 2020. Recruitment and data collection for the exploratory first phase of the project ran February to March 2021. Creative communication work started May 2021, and the production of videos for use in the RCTs in the final phase of the project started September 2021. CONCLUSIONS The COVCOM project will take on several grand challenges within the field of communicating science and provide evidence-based tools to the science communication toolbox. A long-term goal of the project is to contribute to the creation of a more resilient healthcare system by developing communication responses tailormade for different audiences, preparing society for any future pandemic.

Interactive Computer-Video Modules for Health Sciences Education

1989 ◽  
Vol 28 (04) ◽  
pp. 360-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. McArthur ◽  
J. Bolles ◽  
J. Fine ◽  
P. Kidd ◽  
M. Bessis
Keyword(s):  
Medical Informatics ◽  
Computer Control ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Knowledge Structures ◽  
Image Recording ◽  
Central Computer ◽  
Key Word ◽  
The University ◽  
Development Group ◽  
Basic Medical

Abstract:Advances in electronic image recording and computer technologyhave resulted in a remarkable increase in the power and flexibility of interactive computer-video teaching systems. The University of Washington Health Science Videodisc Development Group first demonstrated a laser videodisc controlled by a remote central computer in 1980. Even this rudimentary unit highlighted basic medical informatics principles including: rapid accessibility; a “generic” or multi-purposed format; ease of computer control; and large collections of valid, rigorously reviewed images. Advances in medical informatics have led to the development of the following previously undescribed series of teaching units:1. The hypertext programs Hypercard, Linkway, and Guide have been used with videodiscs to develop easy-to-use instructional and reference materials. These materials demonstrate the ease with which a computer-naive instructor may develop new programs and the advantage that the intuitive nature of these programs brings to student users.2. Patient simulations using single and double screens plus pre-defined knowledge structures;3. Interactive single topic tutorials using preset knowledge structures;4. A key-word-based disc searching system;5. Electronic video microscopy;6. A series of programs developed independently by health science faculty who have purchased multi-purpose videodiscs that demonstrate the flexibility of the multi-purpose or “generic”: collection concept.

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