期刊
FACETS
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 403-423出版社
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/facets-2021-0018
关键词
Science communication; science policy; scientific integrity; health policy; news media; public health; ethics
资金
- Royal Society of Canada Task Force on COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of scientific research and communication, leading to a sea of conflicting data, exaggerated headlines, and concerns about the erosion of public trust. With science becoming increasingly polarized and hyped, there is a growing need to improve the representation and communication of COVID-19 science among key stakeholders.
COVID science is being both done and circulated at a furious pace. While it is inspiring to see the research community responding so vigorously to the pandemic crisis, all this activity has also created a churning sea of bad data, conflicting results, and exaggerated headlines. With representations of science becoming increasingly polarized, twisted, and hyped, there is growing concern that the relevant science is being represented to the public in a manner that may cause confusion, inappropriate expectations, and the erosion of public trust. Here we explore some of the key issues associated with the representations of science in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of these issues are not new. But the COVID-19 pandemic has placed a spotlight on the biomedical research process and amplified the adverse ramifications of poor public communication. We need to do better. As such, we conclude with 10 recommendations aimed at key actors involved in the communication of COVID-19 science, including government, funders, universities, publishers, media, and the research communities.
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