Getting The Joke?
Vaccination and the pandemic don’t seem very funny, yet this study showed the unexpected ways humor enters into the debate surrounding both
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Understanding the Divide: How Science Influencers Shape Science Perceptions
Science influencers rely on identity language to nurture their communities. But this language inadvertently polarizes science.
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Navigating the wild west of scicomm: is your online content actually any good?
The internet is becoming the wild-west of SciComm where not even the experts can help us distinguish between the good, the bad and the ugly.
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Stuck to your memory like gum on a shoe: How analogies can boost science education
The use of analogies in science education may be an effective tool for teaching complex and abstract science topics, if done correctly.
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ZooTube – A Review of Zoos on YouTube
Zoos use YouTube for science communication and choose which animals and educational facts to include, whilst still being entertaining.
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Mindfulness in the Media: Where is the science behind mental health apps?
Concerns about media’s failure to address risks of meditation app highlight the need for balanced and evidence-based support for wellbeing.
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Changing COVID vaccine skepticism—one mind at a time
False scientific beliefs are hard to correct. Even when people are exposed to accurate information, their prior beliefs make them resistant
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Parenting in the Age of Neuromyths and Neuroscience: Navigating the Adolescent Brain
Study shows educating parents on adolescent brain development improves parenting, highlighting the need for more research and support.
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In science, we trust… but what exactly is trust?
Researchers analyzed data from three surveys, concluding that direct measures of “trust” in scientists are unclear in what they represent.
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User Comments: Do They Affect The Credibility Of Science Stories?
This research seeks to measure the impact of reader online comments to science stories. Do they affect the credibility of the reporting?
