Making science public: a review of journalists' use of Open Access research

A Fleerackers, N Chtena, S Pinfield… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Science journalists are uniquely positioned to increase the societal impact of open research
outputs by contextualizing and communicating findings in ways that highlight their relevance …

Unreviewed science in the news: The evolution of preprint media coverage from 2014–2021

A Fleerackers, K Shores, N Chtena… - Quantitative Science …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
It has been argued that preprint coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic constituted a
paradigm shift in journalism norms and practices. This study examines whether and in what …

Framing covid-19 preprint research as uncertain: A mixed-method study of public reactions

CL Ratcliff, A Fleerackers, R Wicke, B Harvill… - Health …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
During the COVID-19 pandemic, journalists were encouraged to convey uncertainty
surrounding preliminary scientific evidence, including mentioning when research is …

Understanding Practices around Computational News Discovery Tools in the Domain of Science Journalism

S Nishal, J Sinchai, N Diakopoulos - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Science and technology journalists today face challenges in finding newsworthy leads due
to increased workloads, reduced resources, and expanding scientific publishing …

Public understanding of preprints: How audiences make sense of unreviewed research in the news

A Fleerackers, CL Ratcliff, R Wicke… - Public …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
News reporting of preprints became commonplace during the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the
extent to which the public understands what preprints are is unclear. We sought to fill this …

Making science public: a review of journalists' use of Open Science research

F Alice, C Natascha, S Pinfield, JP Alperin… - …, 2023 - search.proquest.com
Science journalists are uniquely positioned to increase the societal impact of open science
by contextualizing and communicating research findings in ways that highlight their …

Academic explanatory journalism and emerging COVID-19 science: how social media accounts amplify The Conversation's preprint coverage

A Fleerackers, M Riedlinger, A Bruns… - Media International …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the public communication of COVID-19-related 'preprints'(unreviewed
research studies) in a digital media environment. To understand how preprint research flows …

Stark decline in journalists' use of preprints postpandemic

JP Alperin, K Shores, A Fleerackers… - Science …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of preprints, aiding rapid research
dissemination but also facilitating the spread of misinformation. This study analyzes media …

Changes in health communication in the age of COVID-19: A study on the dissemination of preprints to the public

L Zeng - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Preprints have become an important tool for meeting the challenges of health
communication in the context of COVID-19. They allow scientists to disseminate their results …

A survey of US science journalists' knowledge and opinions of open access research

T Shultz - 2023 - … .consejodecomunicacion.gob.ec
The growth of open access (OA) has been reflected through the use of OA research by the
news media, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic spurred more researchers to share …