Let’s be real: we all have a "Watch Later" playlist on YouTube that is wildly out of control. You find a video that promises to change your life or business, but it’s 45 minutes long and you just don’t have the time. Here’s the thing: you don’t need to watch the whole video to get... Continue Reading →
Tapping into the power of new scicomm formats to control the spread of coronavirus
As the world struggles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic, simple and appropriate science communication can be a very powerful in helping governments, local authorities, businesses, institutions, and the common public in controlling the spread and minimizing the damage caused by this pandemic.
The coronavirus has sparked a mini revolution of sorts in the need for Science Communication
Science communication is ripe for a paradigm change, and newer content formats might have a role to play. This probably hasn’t been more evident than now given the situation around the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As I type this sentence, there are a total of 119,134 confirmed coronavirus cases* worldwide. Mainland China has detected 80,958 cases, half of... Continue Reading →
Newer content formats for research have the potential to redefine both discoverability and impact
This post is the second in a series of posts on research discoverability. The first was on how research discoverability could potentially be a bigger problem than paywalls. Here, I discuss examples of how newer content formats for communicating research can influence discoverability and impact. Scholarly publishing, meant for driving discovery and innovation, has ironically lacked innovation in... Continue Reading →
