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Difficulty Informing the Public
There is a barrier between researchers and the public audience when it comes to communicating findings and research.
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CSCW (Computer-supported cooperative work)
Computing Sciences
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Difficult to efficiently inform the research community about inappropriate results/findings
Repetition and contradiction in collaborative research
Published papers are static and don't get updated dynamically
Difficulties of multidisciplinary research collaboration
Time-consuming to self-judge many rapidly released papers
Marketing and subscription fees of journals
Personal ambitions and carrier incentives
Flaws in the published journal papers
Difficulty Informing the Public
Challenges with current research tools
References for Barriers to COVID-19 Research
Repetitions and contradictions topic sprint findings
Finding a Consensus (problems in interdisciplinary work) topic sprint findings
Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers (cognitive overload) topic sprint findings
tweets about literature or literature (Science COVID Info)
communicating with public and politicians (Science COVID Info)
tools and methods that are helping (Science COVID Info)
Difficulty Communicating Scientific Criticisms
Increased Role of Preprint Servers in COVID-19 Research
Cognitive Overload in Assessing the Novelty of New COVID-19 Studies
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An example of the use of Twitter to inform the science community on how they should communicate with the public
Andy slavitt tweets about the downfalls of preprints
Helen Branswell tweets about cautioning journals to warn readers that some papers are preprints
Need for Nuanced Science Communication
Role of Risk Communication in Public Health
Example: John Morales Tweet on Public Anti-Science Bias
Example: Julia Marcus Tweet on Empathetic Public Health Messaging