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Under the Radar: Changing Dynamics of multidirectional Science Communication in the Corona Crisis and Beyond

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • start year

    2020

  • Funder

    Volkswagen Stiftung

  • Principal Investigator

    Dr. Andreas Beer

  • Research Location

    Germany

  • Lead Research Institution

    Institut für Hochschulforschung Wittenberg e.V. an der Universität Halle-Wittenberg

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience

  • Research Subcategory

    Community engagement

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Non-Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    N/A

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

Is science-based crisis communication becoming more participatory in the Covid-19 pandemic? If so, which dynamics are at work here: What is helping, what is hindering the process? Examining newspapers of record and other top-tier media alone seems insufficient to determine that question. Therefore, we focus on communication "under the radar," e.g. blogs of lesser-known scientists, online discussions on relevant Wikipedia articles, comments on publicly available preprints or changes in forms of cooperation in established citizen science projects.