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06/03/2018

AI writing bots are about to revolutionise science journalism: we must shape how this is done

Mico Tatalovic

What kind of impact is the rise of Artificial Intelligence going to have on science news? AI writing bots might revolutionise science journalism as we know it.

13/02/2018

Science journalism by a journalist for journalists

Andy Ridgway

"Taken as a whole, what Martin W. Angler’s book does particularly well is to introduce prospective science writers to the judgements they need to make as reflective practitioners".

 

20/07/2017

The communication of psychiatry in Brazilian press (1930–1940)

Carolina Carvalho, Cátia Mathias and Sérgio Marcondes

As a case study, we analyze an article of the psychiatrist Henrique Roxo published in 1942 in two publications directed to different publics.

20/07/2016

The new divide: how a scientist-gone-filmmaker thinks Hollywood can save science

Victoria Gant

BOOK: Olson, R. (2015). Houston, we have a narrative: Why science needs story. Chicago, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press

17/06/2016

The new commodities of the new media landscape

Andy Ridgway

BOOK: Content is king; News media management in the digital age.
Graham, G., Greenhill, A., Shaw, D.Andvargo, C., Eds (2015), London, U.K.: Bloomsbury

17/03/2016

Telling stories about our research

Emma Weitkamp

The academic journal paper has been around for several hundred years and during that time has seen shifts in style and structure.

29/09/2015

Narrative risks in science writing for the lay public

Olav Muurlink and Peter McAllister

The narrative method of presenting popular science method promises to extend the audience of science, but carries risks related to two broad aspects of story: the power of narr

09/07/2015

Science journalism: the standardisation of information from the press to the internet

María Dolores Olvera-Lobo and Lourdes Lopez

The standardisation and selectivity of information were characteristics of science journalism in the printed medium that the digital editions of journals have inherited.

07/05/2015

The science-media interaction in biomedical research in the Netherlands. Opinions of scientists and journalists on the science-media relationship

Anne Dijkstra, Maaike M. Roefs and Constance H.C. Drossaert

Scientists’ participation in science communication and public engagement activities is considered important and a duty.

01/12/2014

When quotes matter: impact of outside quotes in a science press release on news judgment

Paige Brown Jarreau

Scientists often cite discrepancy between scientific values and news values as a primary factor in poor quality science reporting.

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