Interactions with the Mass Media

Peters, Hans Peter; Brossard, Dominique; Cheveigné, Suzanne de; Dunwoody, Sharon; Kallfass, Monika; Miller, Steve; Tsuchida, Shoji

doi:10.1126/science.1157780

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“…Empirically, we do find moderate statistical associations between such factors and the frequency of self-reported media contacts, but, compared with the influence of status, they are relatively weak (45,47). Furthermore, given the high overall satisfaction of researchers with their own media contacts (as detailed later), positive attitudes and motivating beliefs may be the result of scientists' media experiences rather than decisive motivators leading to media contacts.…”

Section: Media Orientation As Part Of Scientist's Rolementioning

confidence: 54%

“…Most studies find that organizational status and scientific productivity are positively associated with the likelihood of media interactions as well as with public engagement activities in general (14,36,37,39,(45)(46)(47). This is probably the combined effect of journalists' preferences for sources with a high reputation, a preference of public relations departments for advertising the leading researchers in their organizations, and the formal or implied privilege of the heads of research units or the principal investigators (PIs) of projects of representing the research of their groups in the media.…”

Section: Frequency Of Scientists' Interactions With Journalistsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Catalysts for this change of the scientist's role are research organizations (e.g., universities), which consider visibility in the media as an important way to secure public and political support (51,52), and high-ranking journals such as Science and Nature, which aim not only at scientific resonance but also at a wider public impact (53). A large proportion of scientists believe they have profited in their careers from media visibility whereas only a very small minority experienced mostly negatively impacts (47). This suggests that media visibility of scientists, by and large, conforms to normative expectations in the social contexts relevant for scientists and is perceived as an indicator of the broader impact of their work.…”

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The present article presents an up-to-date account of the current media relations of scientists, based on a comprehensive analysis of relevant surveys. The evidence suggests that most scientists consider visibility in the media important and responding to journalists a professional duty—an attitude that is reinforced by universities and other science organizations. Scientific communities continue to regulate media contacts with their members by certain norms that compete with the motivating and regulating influences of public information departments. Most scientists assume a two-arena model with a gap between the arenas of internal scientific and public communication. They want to meet the public in the public arena, not in the arena of internal scientific communication. Despite obvious changes in science and in the media system, the orientations of scientists toward the media, as well as the patterns of interaction with journalists, have their roots in the early 1980s. Although there is more influence on public communication from the science organizations and more emphasis on strategic considerations today, the available data do not indicate abrupt changes in communication practices or in the relevant beliefs and attitudes of scientists in the past 30 y. Changes in the science–media interface may be expected from the ongoing structural transformation of the public communication system. However, as yet, there is little evidence of an erosion of the dominant orientation toward the public and public communication within the younger generation of scientists.

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Section: Frequency Of Scientists' Interactions With Journalistsmentioning

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“…A survey comparing responses from scientists in France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, for example, showed that-across all five countries-85% of respondents saw the potential "influence on public debate" as a "very important" or "important" benefit of scientists engaging with journalists. Similarly, 95% of scientists answered that creating "a more positive public attitude towards research" was a very important or important benefit, and, for 77% of scientists, "increased visibility for sponsors and funding bodies" was a key benefit (15).…”

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Science communication as political communication

Scheufele

2014

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Scientific debates in modern societies often blur the lines between the science that is being debated and the political, moral, and legal implications that come with its societal applications. This manuscript traces the origins of this phenomenon to professional norms within the scientific discipline and to the nature and complexities of modern science and offers an expanded model of science communication that takes into account the political contexts in which science communication takes place. In a second step, it explores what we know from empirical work in political communication, public opinion research, and communication research about the dynamics that determine how issues are debated and attitudes are formed in political environments. Finally, it discusses how and why it will be increasingly important for science communicators to draw from these different literatures to ensure that the voice of the scientific community is heard in the broader societal debates surrounding science.advocacy | medialization | public attitudes | deficit model | motivated reasoning

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“…Finalmente, es importante señalar que las entrevistas en calidad de expertos-expertas a medios periodísticos y las conferencias públicas fueron las principales actividades de divulgación que el personal académico reportó realizar. Ambos resultados coinciden con los hallazgos de investigaciones anteriores (Torres et al, 2011;Peters, 2008;Agnella et al;, las cuales evidencian la predilección del personal investigador por actividades orales de divulgación que involucren el contacto cara a cara. Asimismo, este dato deja entrever cómo el personal científico-académico es fuente primaria de información para el personal periodístico, particularidad que le ubica en un rol preferencial en la promoción de la cultura científica.…”

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IntroducciónLa creciente importancia de la comunicación en la validación del conocimiento y su valoración como una forma novedosa de promover la cultura científica y la participación ciudadana en temas de ciencia y tecnología (Rivera, 2002), ha revelado la necesidad de hacer comprensible a la sociedad en general los procedimientos y resultados que dentro de las comunidades científicas se realizan.Actualmente en la esfera académica es preciso no sólo ser buen o buena docente e investigador o investigadora, sino también generar procesos de gestión y transferencia del conocimiento. Es decir, las demandas actuales dentro de la sociedad del conocimiento permiten identificar la necesidad de

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Interactions with the Mass Media

Cited by 182 publications

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Gap between science and media revisited: Scientists as public communicators

Gap between science and media revisited: Scientists as public communicators

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