scholarly journals Rapid collaborative knowledge building via Twitter after significant geohazard events

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Lacassin ◽  
Maud Devès ◽  
Stephen P. Hicks ◽  
Jean-Paul Ampuero ◽  
Remy Bossu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Open Science ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Building ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

Abstract. Twitter is an established social media platform valued by scholars as an open way to disseminate scientific information and to publicly discuss research results. Scientific discussions are widely viewed by the media who can then pass on information to the wider public. Here, we take the example of two 2018 earthquake-related events which were widely commented on Twitter by geoscientists: the Palu Mw 7.5 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia and the long-duration Mayotte island seismo-volcanic crisis. We build our study on a content and contextual analysis of selected Twitter threads about the geophysical characteristics of these events. From the analysis of these two examples, we show that Twitter promotes very rapid building of knowledge – in the minutes to hours and days following an event – via an efficient exchange of information and active discussion between the scientists themselves and with the public. We discuss the advantages and potential pitfalls of this relatively novel way to make scientific information accessible to scholarly peers and to lay people. We argue that scientific discussion on Twitter breaks down the traditional ivory towers of academia, following growing trends towards open science, and may help people to understand how science is developed, and, in the case of natural/environmental hazards, to better understand their risks.

scholarly journals Rapid collaborative knowledge building via Twitter after significant geohazard events

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Lacassin ◽  
Maud Devès ◽  
Stephen P. Hicks ◽  
Jean-Paul Ampuero ◽  
Remy Bossu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Open Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Indian Ocean ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

Abstract. Twitter is an established social media platform valued by scholars as an open way to disseminate scientific information and to publicly discuss research results. Scientific discussions on Twitter are viewed by the media, who can then pass on information to the wider public. Social media is used widely by geoscientists, but there is little documentation currently available regarding the benefits or limitations of this for the scientist or the public. Here, we use the example of two 2018 earthquake-related events that were widely commented on by geoscientists on Twitter: the Palu Mw 7.5 earthquake and related tsunami in Indonesia and the long-duration Mayotte island seismovolcanic crisis in the Indian Ocean. We built our study on a content and contextual analysis of selected Twitter threads about the geophysical characteristics of these events. From the analysis of these two examples, we show that Twitter promotes a very rapid building of knowledge in the minutes to hours and days following an event via an efficient exchange of information and active discussion between the scientists themselves and the public. We discuss the advantages and potential pitfalls of this relatively novel way of making scientific information accessible to scholarly peers and lay people. We argue that scientific discussion on Twitter breaks down the traditional “ivory tower” of academia, contributes to the growing trend towards open science, and may help people to understand how science is developed and, in turn, to better understand the risks related to natural/environmental hazards.

scholarly journals Rapid collaborative knowledge building via Twitter after significant geohazard events

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robin Lacassin ◽  
Maud Devès ◽  
Stephen P. Hicks ◽  
Jean-Paul Ampuero ◽  
Rémy Bossu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Open Science ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Long Duration ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media ◽  
One Year ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

<p>Twitter is an established social media platform valued by scholars as an open way to disseminate scientific information and to publicly discuss research results. Scientific discussions on Twitter are widely viewed by the media who can then pass on information to the public. Here, we take the example of two 2018 earthquake-related events which were widely commented on Twitter by geoscientists: the Palu Mw7.5 earthquake and tsunami in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and the long-duration (more than one year) seismo-volcanic crisis Mayotte island in the Comoros archipelago between Africa and Madagascar. We build our analysis on a content and contextual analysis of selected Twitter threads about the geophysical characteristics of these events. Most authors of this paper have participated to these Twitter threads and related discussions, and regularly explain geohazard events via this social media. From the two selected examples, we show that Twitter promotes very rapid building of knowledge – in the minutes to hours and days following an event – via an efficient exchange of information and active discussion between the scientists themselves and with the public. Combining these results with our own experience of communicating geohazard science via Twitter, we discuss the advantages and potential pitfalls of this relatively novel way to make scientific information accessible to scholarly peers and to lay people. We argue that scientific discussion on Twitter breaks down the traditional “ivory towers” of academia. It participates to the growing trends towards open science, making science accessible to any non-academics or citizen scientists who can follow and participate in the discussion. This may help people to understand how science is developed, and, in the case of natural/environmental hazards, to better understand their risks.</p>

scholarly journals One issue, different stories: The construction of GMO issues on Chinese, American and British mainstream media portals

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-275
Author(s):  
Yiqin Ruan ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Jianbin Jin
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
Genetically Modified Organisms ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The Public ◽  
Mainstream Media ◽  
The Us ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Uk

Biotechnology, as an emerging technology, has drawn much attention from the public and elicited hot debates in countries around the world and among various stakeholders. Due to the public's limited access to front-line scientific information and scientists, as well as the difficulty of processing complex scientific knowledge, the media have become one of the most important channels for the public to get news about scientific issues such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to framing theory, how the media portray GMO issues may influence audiences’ perceptions of those issues. Moreover, different countries and societies have various GMO regulations, policies and public opinion, which also affect the way media cover GMO issues. Thus, it is necessary to investigate how GMO issues are covered in different media outlets across different countries. We conducted a comparative content analysis of media coverage of GMO issues in China, the US and the UK. One mainstream news portal in each of the three countries was chosen ( People's Daily for China, The New York Times for the US, and The Guardian for the UK). We collected coverage over eight years, from 2008 to 2015, which yielded 749 pieces of news in total. We examined the sentiments expressed and the generic frames used in coverage of GMO issues. We found that the factual, human interest, conflict and regulation frames were the most common frames used on the three portals, while the sentiments expressed under those frames varied across the media outlets, indicating differences in the state of GMO development, promotion and regulation among the three countries.

scholarly journals Sound Image of a Regional Radio Program in the Context of Basic Trends in Development of Media Market

2019 ◽  
pp. 85-94
Author(s):  
Pavlо Miroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Radio Station ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Media Industry ◽  
Information Product ◽  
The Public ◽  
Technological Gap ◽  
Sound Image ◽  
The Media ◽  
Radio Programs

The main objective of the study is to determine the typical and peculiar features of the sound image of regional radio station programs in the context of basic trends of development of media industry. The scientific article used the method of analysis of actual scientific information on the research topic, which facilitated to develop its concept. Also, the methods of interpreting data of sociological researches, monitoring and comparative analysis of sound image of radio programs submitted to the Tenth Context of Professional Journalism “Honor of Profession 2019” were applied. The programs of public regional broadcaster, the Internet and FM stations actively use the socalled “trends” of media industry – genre hybridity, tendency to convergence, multiplatform specifics, visualization, purely technical accessibility to the listener. The programs of the Public Radio are characterized by considerable timing that is traditional for literary and artistic programs of the former state radio and its stylistics and manner of material’s presentation. These properties of the sound image cause the questions regarding communicative effectiveness of such programs, as tempo and rhythm of the modern life have accelerated. The programs of regional online radio and FM stations have small timing and use the principle “rip and read” in their material presentations. Their sound images are less because of expressive means. The lack of regional broadcasters in the contest final can indirectly demonstrate their certain information and technological gap with the media industry leaders. The “traditions” in sound image designing of radio programs are established by the practice of daily informing that simplifies and accelerates production of information product. Simultaneously, the routine and template in the approaches to sound images designing do not encourage to heighten interest of the audience to the radio as a source of relevant and interesting information.

Appropriating Liberation

2003 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barry Kew
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Social Movement ◽  
Media Studies ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Contextual Analysis ◽  
Animal Liberation ◽  
The Public ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Movement Strategy ◽  
The Media

AbstractMedia and nonhuman animal liberation is an under-researched area in the United Kingdom. If the most appropriate metaphor describing the media/social movement relationship is "dance," then largely the media and animal liberation are dancing in the dark of neglect. Drawing upon different approaches to media and offering some notes toward animal liberation media studies, this article explores how, by engaging with the "established terms of the problematic at play," animal liberationists and their claims are appropriated by speciesist ideology through exclusion and confusing and redefining maneuvers. A contextual analysis of its typical texts raises questions of the public interest role, due impartiality of media and, implicitly, of movement strategy.

scholarly journals What should be the role of the media in nutrition communication?

2006 ◽  
Vol 96 (S1) ◽  
pp. S86-S88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Fernández-Celemín ◽  
Anna Jung
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Communication ◽  
Communication To The Public ◽  
Nutrition And Health ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Media ◽  
Nutrition Communication ◽  
Lay Public

The increasing availability of nutrition and health information has not always increased the knowledge of the general population, but presents them with the need to know and understand in order for choices to be made. While communicating science to the lay public, several challenges are encountered, ranging from the heterogeneity of the audience, the consumers, who demand certainty and a straightforward message, through the different aims and agendas of all the communicators, to the inherent complexity of the scientific message. Nowadays, the media is one major source of scientific information to the general public. The present article examines what the role of the media and scientists should be in bringing scientific communication to the public and how this communication could be improved.

scholarly journals Countering the New Media Podia: Youth and ‘Fake News’ in Kenya

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 8-12
Author(s):  
Oloo Ong’ong’a
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Information Age ◽  
Fake News ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Legal Structures ◽  
Media Platform ◽  
The Media

The rise of fake news into the new media platform has raised significant concern in Africa and Kenya in recent years. The new media has embedded itself with fake news, which sometimes has led to the misunderstanding and misinformation of particular events that might be of the public interest. The general public, policymakers, and scholars, as well as the media, have found this as a very challenging issue. The upsurge of the new technologies, mainly social media, has posed challenges as youth immerse themselves in utilizing these social media for their own benefits. This is coupled with the creation and spreading of fake news, which sometimes when it goes viral; they lead to stress, panic and uncertainty to the individuals that come across them. The ability of users’ exceptional capacity to produce, reproduce, and distribute their information to a broad audience makes social media, an essential tool in the information age. The article critically reviews the literature on fake news and recommends for media literacy, strengthening the legal structures and use of sophisticated technologies as a strategy to fight fake news in the social media in Kenya.

scholarly journals Skaitmeninimas kaip mokslas: baris projekto patirtis

2008 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 67-83
Author(s):  
Rimvydas Laužikas
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Activity ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Public ◽  
Scientific Discussion ◽  
Evolving Systems ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Definition Of

Skaitmeninių technologijų plėtra keičia humanitarinių mokslų šaltinių kaupimo, saugojimo, apskaitos, tyrimo bei mokslinės informacijos sklaidos procesus. Kartu keičiasi humanitarinių mokslų institucijų ir tyrėjų vaidmuo šiuose procesuose, taip pat visuomenės požiūris į mokslą ir jį globojančias institucijas. Tačiau šiuolaikinėje Lietuvoje skaitmeninimas yra suprantamas vien praktine prasme.Šio straipsnio objektas yra skaitmeninimas, kaip mokslo tyrimas. Straipsnio tikslai yra: a) atsakyti į klausimą, ar skaitmeninimas gali turėti savitą mokslo tyrimų objektą, jei taip – pateikti jo apibrėžimą; b) paskatinti kolegų mokslinę diskusiją – aptarti skaitmeninimo ne kaip praktinę, o kaip mokslo veiklą; c) pateikti aktualių skaitmeninimo tyrimų, kurie buvo atlikti vykdant BARIS projektą, rezultatų pavyzdžių.Straipsnyje teigiama, kad skaitmeninimas gali turėti savitą mokslo tyrimo objektą. Tai emuliatyvumas – specifinis žmogaus santykis su tikrove, kai žmonės, remdamiesi kriterijais, atrenka iš realybės objektus ir jų pagrindu skaitmeninėje aplinkoje kuria emuliacines sistemas, kurios mėgdžioja ir imituoja realybėje veikiančių natūralių sistemų veiklą. Svarbu pažymėti, kad emuliacinės sistemos nėra realybėje egzistuojančių sistemų kopijos, jos sukurtos perkodavimo būdu ir yra tokios pat savarankiškos, dinamiškos ir laisvai evoliucionuojančios sistemos, kaip ir tos realybės sistemos, kurias jos mėgdžioja.Emuliatyvumas yra specifinis, kompiuterinių technologijų, virtualaus pasaulio ir interneto atsiradimo paskatintas reiškinys, kurį galime nagrinėti labai daugeliu prasmių iki pat asmens psichologijos imtinai. Tačiau šiame straipsnyje apsiribojama tik ta emuliatyvumo dalimi, kuri yra susijusi su kompiuterinių technologijų taikymu kūryboje, paveldosaugoje, humanitariniuose bei socialiniuose moksluose. Straipsnyje pateikiamas skaitmeninimo mokslo tyrimų, apibrėžimas, skirstymas į istorinius, fundamentinius ir taikomuosius tyrimus, sąsajos su kitais mokslais ir praktinėmis veiklomis, aptariami terminijos, metodų klausimai, pateikiama tyrimų atliktų BARIS (Bažnytinių archyvų informacinė sistema) projekto vykdymo metu, pavyzdžių.Digitization as science: Baris project experienceRimvydas Laužikas SummaryThe development of digital technologies is changing the processes of accumulation, storage, accountability and research of sources of humanitarian sciences and dissemination of scientific information. At the same time the role of institutions of humanitarian sciences and researchers in these processes is changing, as well as the public attitude to science and institutions protecting it. However, digitization in modern Lithuania is understood in purely practical aspect.The subject of this article is digitization as scientific research. The aims of the article are the following: a) to answer the question whether digitization is able to have its own object of research, and if so, to present its definition; b) to encourage colleagues for scientific discussion about digitization not as practical but scientific activity; c) to present examples of studies that were carried out while implementing the BARIS project (Information system of church archives) relevant for digitization.It is claimed in the article that digitization is able to have its own object of scientific research and that object is emulativity – a specific human relationship with reality when human beings select objects from reality according to certain criteria and on their basis create emulative systems in digital space that imitate the activities of naturally existing systems. It is worth noticing that emulative systems are not copies of systems existing in reality – they are created in the way of recoding and are as much independent, dynamic and freely evolving systems as the ones they are imitating in reality.Emulativity is a specific phenomenon stimulated by computer-based technologies, appearance of virtual reality and the internet, and which can be studied in many different aspects, up to personal psychology. However, the article restricts itself by the emulativity part which is related to application of computer-based technologies in creation, preservation of heritage, humanitarian and social sciences. The article presents the definition of the scientific object of digitization, its division into historical, fundamental and applied studies, links with other sciences and practical activities; discusses issues of terminology and methods, and presents examples of studies carried out while implementing the BARIS project (Information system of church archives).

scholarly journals Scientists in the public sphere: Interactions of scientists and journalists in Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 88 (2) ◽  
pp. 1165-1175 ◽  
Author(s):  
LUISA MASSARANI ◽  
HANS P. PETERS
Keyword(s):  
Positive Impact ◽  
Scientific Journal ◽  
Scientific Information ◽  
Research Publication ◽  
High Expectations ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Two Cultures ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
Media Channels

ABSTRACT In order to map scientists' views on media channels and explore their experiences interacting with journalists, the authors conducted a survey of about 1,000 Brazilian scientists. Results indicate that scientists have clear and high expectations about how journalists should act in reporting scientific information in the media, but such expectations, in their opinion, do not always seem to be met. Nonetheless, the results show that surveyed scientists rate their relation with the media positively: 67% say that having their research covered by media has a positive impact on their colleagues. One quarter of the respondents expressed that talking to the media can facilitate acquisition of more funds for research. Moreover, 38% of the total respondents believe that writing about an interesting topic for release on media channels can also facilitate research publication in a scientific journal. However, 15% of the respondents outright agree that research reported in the media beforehand can threaten acceptance for publication by a scientific journal. We hope that these results can foster some initiatives for improving awareness of the two cultures, scientists and journalists; increasing the access of journalists to Brazilian scientific endeavors; stimulating scientists to communicate with the public via social networks.

scholarly journals Wikipedia in university courses: teaching practices and educational benefits

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 10-16
Author(s):  
Corrado Petrucco
Keyword(s):  
Online Communication ◽  
Public Communication ◽  
Motivation To Learn ◽  
Academic World ◽  
Educational Benefits ◽  
The Public ◽  
University Courses ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Building ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

AbstractThe academic world initially regarded Wikipedia with misgivings for a number of reasons, including the uncertainty concerning the reliability of its content, its anonymous authorship and the fact that students often use it as an easy way to cut and paste material for their coursework. In recent years, however, university instructors’ perception of Wikipedia has changed significantly: it is seen as a useful teaching resource, as well as a promising environment for learning and collaborative knowledge building. It can be used for teaching purposes by assigning students to create and edit encyclopaedia articles. Such assignments can have many benefits: in addition to improving students’ understanding of content, the assignments have been shown to increase their intrinsic motivation to learn, develop digital competences and build cross-cutting skills in online communication and interaction. Lastly, in connection with universities’ institutional role, editing Wikipedia can be an interesting channel for the public communication of science.

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