Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Anguilla
Antigua & Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bonaire
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Indian Ocean Ter
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Canary Islands
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Channel Islands
Chile
China
Christmas Island
Cocos Island
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote D Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Ter
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
Haiti
Hawaii
Honduras
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea North
Korea South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macau
Macedonia
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Midway Islands
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nambia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherland Antilles
Netherlands (Holland, Europe)
Nevis
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau Island
Palestine
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Pitcairn Island
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Republic of Montenegro
Reunion
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Saipan
Samoa
Samoa American
San Marino
Sao Tome & Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St Barthelemy
St Eustatius
St Helena
St Kitts-Nevis
St Lucia
St Maarten
St Pierre & Miquelon
St Vincent & Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syria
Tahiti
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Is
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vatican City State
Venezuela
Vietnam
Virgin Islands (Brit)
Virgin Islands (USA)
Wake Island
Wallis & Futana Is
Yemen
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Initial Investigation Questions
Q1: Who has stake in this issue?
Q2: What drives the issue?
Q3: When did the issue emerge as an issue?
Q4: Where is the issue noticeable?
Q5: Why has this issue been allowed to go so far?
Q6: What can stakeholders do to modify?
Q1: ID Stakeholders [audience subsets]
Politicians
Journalists
STEM Majors and Scientists
Liberal Arts Majors
Activists
Skeptics
Educators
Those informed by media
Scientists
Scientists Falsify Data
Hold reporters accountable
Peer Review Process
Scientific Process
Study methodology
Skeptics
Faulty Science leads to uncertainty
Plausible deniability - Page 48-49
Group Think (pg49)
Listen to politicians without question (link to example of politician speak)
Activists
Group Think (pg49)
Antivax belief testimony
Questions spawned from Q1
Q1.1: What humor does each subset typically subscribe to?
Q1.2: How is each subset involved in perpetuating the issue?
Q1.3: How has each subset been affected by the issue?
Q1.4: Are there gender differences within this issue?
Q1.5: Are there generational differences within each subset?
Q2: ID Drivers
Lack of Education/Understanding/Critical Thinking
Political Agendas
Funding
Headlines/Transformative Logic
Fraudulent Science
Attracting Traffic
Money/Fame
Lack of Accountability
Political Agendas
Questions spawned from Q2
Q2.1: Which subsets are affected by each driver?
Q2.2: Who/what builds the momentum of each driver?
Q2.3: Are there regulations/policy in place? (see Q5: Issue Limitations)
Q3: History and Background
Misrepesentation of information happens through history
Spain introduces press releases for sci lit
Questions spawned from Q3
Q3.1: How is the media currently structured?
Q3.2: How does the media structure affect stakeholders?
Q4: Issue Venues
Social Media (everyone)
Discussion forums (all)
Everyday places (skeptics)(activists)
Mainstream news (old people) (young people) (everyone)
Questions spawned from Q4
Q4.1: What form do advertisements take @ each venue?
Q4.2: Is it possible to create a venue that will combine audiences from multiple venues?
Q4.3: Are there rules @ each venue that help resolve the issue? That don't help?
Q5: Issue limitations
Peer review of sci lit
IPSO
Comments on social media
Code(s) of Ethics
Fact checking
Political agendas
Questions spawned from Q5
Q5.1: With all of the policy in place, where is the accountability?
Q5.2: Which audience subsets are held accountable by policy?
Q5.3: What are the results of the limitations?
Q5.4: Example of Accuracy IPSO violation?
Q5.5: Who benefits from misinformation?
Q7: My role as a stakeholder
Scientific Process
4 years research experience
Data collection
Data processing
Data analysis
Data ---> Written words
BAILEY IS SOURCE
What we should expect to get out of our education
How to Spot Bad Science
Work with data in spreadsheets
Data Analysis
How to read technical writing
Q6: Stakeholder modification
Whistleblowing
Higher Education Standards for scientific understanding
Educators-push students for more critical thinking
Scientists-hold reporters accountable
Reporters-hold scientists accountable
Question everything
Create new political party (or, you know, system)
More explanation of studies in press releases
Q3.1: Media Structure
Press releases for scientific lit
Elite Press - set "framework"
IPSO
Social Media
larger news outlets cover biggest stories
local "mass press" covers small stories, like sports and the news
'elite media' pushes agendas
only authors who've proven their worth as one with original ideas are hired and do well
Questions written in notebooks during class lectures
a. What are the main issues that will gain attention?
b. Which examples should I use for each audience subset?
c. How does information spread?
d. What if the issue is never modified?
e. Who influences our definition of the issue?
f. What are the costs of modification?
g. Is this issue a subset of a larger issue?
a. Examples
Music and cognitive abilities
Climate Change [variety]
Lobsters and crabs feel pain
GMOs
Anti-vaxxer
Implausible Deniability
GMOs
Answers to random questions
c. People believe what they read
Climate Change examples
Learning from mistakes in climate research
History of climate change in the media
Politicians
Lobbyists
Rick Perry
Pres. Trump
Pres. Obama