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Title:
Communicating science in times of crisis : the COVID-19 pandemic
Author:
O'Hair, Dan, editor.
ISBN:
9781119751809

9781119751786

9781119751793
Physical Description:
1 online resource (ix, 432 pages) : color illustrations
Contents:
Conceptualizing Communication Science and COVID-19 -- Managing science communication in a pandemic / Comprehending covidiocy communication: dismisinformation, conspiracy theory, and fake news / How existential anxiety shapes communication in coping with Coronavirus pandemic: a terror management theory perspective / Promoting Health and Well-being-- Communication and COVID-19: challenges in evidence based healthcare design / Identity and information overload: examining the impact health messaging in times of crisis / Social media, risk perceptions related to COVID-19, and health messaging in times of crisis / Overcoming obstacles to collective action by communicating compassion in science / Communicating the science of COVID-19 to children: meet the helpers / Use of telehealth in behavioral health and educational contexts during COVID-19 and beyond / Advancing Models of Information and Media -- Toward a new model of public relations crisis and risk communication following pandemics / Perspective change in a time of crisis: the emotion and critical reflection model / Social media surveillance and (dis)misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic / Science communication and inoculation: mitigating the effects of the Coronovirus outbreak / Examining Policy and Leadership -- Communication with policymakers in a pandemic / Equally unpleasant choices: observations on school leadership in a time of crisis / Controlling the narrative: mixed messages and presidential credibility / Communicating death and dying in the COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract:
"For science communication to function competently, it needs to understand the attitudes and beliefs currently at play among its audiences. Among the currents of the contemporary noosphere are the fake news, conspiracy theories, and various forms of information distortion, both innocent and malign by design. This chapter examines various conceptual approaches to defining these forms of information distortion, develops a typology to incorporate many of the relevant key features and dimensions, and selectively reviews several lines of theoretical perspectives that elucidate the nature of such information and its credibility with audiences. The implications of developing better theoretical understandings of such dismisinformation are elaborated."-- Provided by publisher
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John Wiley and Sons
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