by Andrew Maynard | Sep 15, 2014 | Communication
Following up on my previous analysis of university news releases and whether they link to the papers they highlight, I’ve extended extend the analysis to 30 of the top universities in the US as ranked by US News and World Report. Here are the rankings, based on...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 15, 2014 | Communication, Science Communication
In an analysis of recent news releases from the top ten US universities, only 59% of them provided links to the peer review paper they were written about. Over 30% did not cite the paper. And less than 10% of the releases used DOI links to the peer reviewed paper....
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 12, 2014 | Communication, Public Health, Vaccines
Anyone following the Twitter #vaccinesNOVA hashtag on the evening of Wednesday September 10 would have seen their stream seemingly overwhelmed by the #CDCWhistleblower hashtag. Wednesday was when NOVA’s documentary Vaccines – Calling The Shots aired, and...
by Andrew Maynard | Sep 11, 2014 | Communication, Science Communication
This Friday my class of second year Environmental Health Science Master of Public Health students are going to get my admittedly quirky annual lecture on crating poster presentations. Quirky, because I’m a little obsessive about the importance of story telling...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 5, 2014 | Communication, Science Communication
I consider myself to be pretty self-aware. It’s an illusion of course, but one I am usually blissfully ignorant of. Until some insightful reporter shatters it! This was me a few days ago. I was talking with a journalist about science communication and the perils and...
by Andrew Maynard | Aug 1, 2014 | Communication
An article passed through my Twitter stream today from Gizmodo shouting out “Change Your Hair Color By Etching Nano-Patterns Into Each Strand”. It pretty much mirrors a press release from the University of New Mexico claiming “New technology allows...
