‘Pandem-icons’ — exploring the characteristics of highly visible scientists during the Covid-19 pandemic
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2023
The Covid-19 pandemic escalated demand for scientific explanations and guidance, creating opportunities for scientists to become publicly visible. In this study, we compared characteristics of visible scientists during the first year of the Covid-19 pandemic (January to December 2020) across 16 countries. We find that the scientists who became visible largely matched socio-cultural criteria that have characterised visible scientists in the past (e.g., age, gender, credibility, public image, involvement in controversies). However, there were limited tendencies that scientists commented outside their areas of expertise. We conclude that the unusual circumstances created by Covid-19 did not change the phenomenon of visible scientists in significant ways
History of public communication of science
Public understanding of science and technology
Science and media
Författare
Marina Joubert
Universiteit Stellenbosch
Lars Guenther
Universität Hamburg
Universiteit Stellenbosch
Jenni Metcalfe
Australian National University
Michelle Riedlinger
Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
Anwesha Chakraborty
Universita di Bologna
Toss Gascoigne
Network for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology
Bernard Schiele
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Ayelet Baram-Tsabari
Université du Québec
Dmitry Malkov
Science Communicator and Research Analyst
Eliana Fattorini
Universita degli Studi di Trento
Gema Revuelta
Science
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Germana Barata
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Jan Riise
Chalmers, Göteborgs centrum för hållbar utveckling
Justin T. Schröder
Universität Hamburg
Maja Horst
Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)
Margaret Kaseje
Public Health Specialist
Marnell Kirsten
Universiteit Stellenbosch
Red & Yellow Creative School of Business
Martin W. Bauer
London School of Economics and Political Science
Massimiano Bucchi
Universita degli Studi di Trento
Natália Flores
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Orli Wolfson
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Tingjie Chen
SMG News
Journal of Science Communication
18242049 (eISSN)
Vol. 22 1 A04Ämneskategorier
Genusstudier
Kulturstudier
Historia
DOI
10.22323/2.22010204