How to communicate science to the public? Recommendations for effective written communication derived from a systematic review.

LM König, MS Altenmüller, J Fick, J Crusius… - Zeitschrift für …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Communicating research findings to the public in a clear but engaging manner is
challenging, yet central for maximizing their societal impact. This systematic review aimed to …

How laypeople understand the tentativeness of medical research news in the media: An experimental study on the perception of information about deep brain …

J Kimmerle, D Flemming, I Feinkohl… - Science …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Medical research findings are often tentative, and people should be able to perceive this.
However, the psychological processes underlying this ability are largely unclear. In a …

Framing synthetic biology: Evolutionary distance, conceptions of nature, and the unnaturalness objection

N Dragojlovic, E Einsiedel - Science Communication, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Under what conditions does the perceived “unnaturalness” of a specific application of
synthetic biology influence its public acceptability? Using data from a framing experiment …

Bridging science and journalism: Identifying the role of public relations in the construction and circulation of stem cell research among laypeople

J Lynch, D Bennett, A Luntz, C Toy… - Science …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Journalism has been a key site for communicating science, and public relations departments
at universities and research hospitals are a vital institutional link between science and …

Different ways of problematising biotechnology–and what it means for technology governance

A Bogner, H Torgersen - Public Understanding of Science, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
To understand controversies over technologies better, we propose the concept of
'problematisation'. Drawing on Foucault's idea of problematisation and on the concept of …

[PDF][PDF] How narratives can reduce resistance and change attitudes: Insights from behavioral science can enhance public relations research and practice

T Flynn - Institute for Public Relations, 2015 - instituteforpr.org
This article outlines the importance of new and emerging behavioral insights research for
the public relations profession. How attitudes and beliefs are cultivated, processed and then …

“Cover your mouth and nose”: communication about health protection behaviors by role models in YouTube COVID-19 videos for children

J Steinke, CA Lin, T Duncan… - Journal of Science …, 2022 - jcom.sissa.it
YouTube videos offer a potentially useful vehicle for the communication of science, health,
and medical information about COVID-19 to children. Findings from this research showed …

Persuasion and pragmatics: an empirical test of the guru effect model

JS Martin, A Summerville, VB Wickline - Review of Philosophy and …, 2017 - Springer
Decades of research have investigated the complex role of source credibility in attitude
persuasion. Current theories of persuasion predict that when messages are thoughtfully …

Forschungsperspektiven der Wissenschaftskommunikation

M Rhomberg - Forschungsfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation, 2017 - Springer
Zusammenfassung Das Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, Perspektiven für ein zukünftiges
Forschungsprogramm für die Wissenschaftskommunikation zu erschließen. Dies geschieht …

A source of a different color: exploring the influence of three kinds of science communication on audience attitudes toward research

ST Tong, F Vultee, S Kolhoff, AB Elam… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Though the contemporary media environment is filled with many different sources
disseminating communications about science—including journalists, politicians and opinion …