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Newswise: New study shows intimidation and military rhetoric in the media during the pandemic make people pessimistic
Released: 25-Oct-2021 9:00 AM EDT
New study shows intimidation and military rhetoric in the media during the pandemic make people pessimistic
Scientific Project Lomonosov

When talking about COVID-19, television, newspapers, magazines, and social media turn to battle metaphors that make the fight against the pandemic feel like a war. Also, the coronavirus is often discussed in an excessively alarming and threatening tone. This problem is so acute that there is even the term for that — infodemia. It describes the panic in the media and social networks. A linguist of RUDN University studied how such a language affects the notions of people regarding COVID-19.

Released: 21-Oct-2021 9:10 AM EDT
Permanent Twitter Ban of Extremist Influencers Can Detoxify Social Media
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Banning right-wing extremists from social media can reduce the spread of anti-social ideas and conspiracy theories, according to Rutgers-led research.

Released: 19-Oct-2021 5:05 PM EDT
The problems with supply chains did not just start when President Biden took office
Newswise

In response to the continued supply chain woes people are feeling around the globe, Texas congressman Lance Gooden tweeted, "The United States didn't have a supply chain crisis until Joe Biden became president."

   
Released: 15-Oct-2021 1:35 PM EDT
Misinformation on stem cell treatments for COVID-19 linked to overhyped science, researchers argue
University at Buffalo

The global race to develop new stem cell-based COVID-19 treatments during the pandemic was filled with violations of government regulations, inflated medical claims and distorted public communication, say the authors of a new perspective.

   
Released: 13-Oct-2021 11:10 AM EDT
UA Little Rock Public Radio Receives Anonymous $1.5 Million Donation
University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Public Radio, home of KUAR FM 89.1 and KLRE Classical 90.5, is closing its annual fall fund drive off on a high note with an anonymous donation of $1.5 million, the largest cash gift in UA Little Rock Public Radio history.

Newswise: VIVA and Rockefeller University Press Establish Read-and-Publish Agreement
Released: 7-Oct-2021 10:00 AM EDT
VIVA and Rockefeller University Press Establish Read-and-Publish Agreement
The Rockefeller University Press

Virginia’s academic library consortium, VIVA, and Rockefeller University Press (RUP) have entered into a Read-and-Publish Agreement. This agreement is the first of its kind for RUP in the United States and represents an important milestone in its transition to being fully Open Access. It offers a sustainable framework and provides unlimited access to all content and unlimited immediate open access publishing.

Released: 6-Oct-2021 11:45 AM EDT
Facebook controversy raises ethical questions for corporations
Washington University in St. Louis

By bringing to light the consequences of Facebook’s algorithms, whistleblower Frances Haugen's testimony has forced corporations to rethink their relationship with Facebook and use of consumer data, according to digital media experts at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Released: 4-Oct-2021 1:05 PM EDT
What motivates social media use during Jan. 6 event
South Dakota State University

Finding out what is motivating social media users during a breaking news event required quick action to get survey on the Jan. event out by Jan. 8.

Released: 1-Oct-2021 2:30 PM EDT
Morality demonstrated in stories can alter judgement for early adolescents
University at Buffalo

Media can distinctly influence separate moral values and get kids to place more or less importance on those values depending on what is uniquely emphasized in that content.

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Released: 1-Oct-2021 2:00 PM EDT
The latest research news in Archaeology and Anthropology
Newswise

“Throw me the idol; I’ll throw you the whip!” - From Raiders of the Lost Ark

     
Released: 27-Sep-2021 10:40 AM EDT
Eugene Patterson: Journalism icon, war hero, champion for civil rights
University of Georgia

This story is part of a series, called Georgia Groundbreakers, that celebrates innovative and visionary faculty, students, alumni and leaders throughout the history of the University of Georgia – and their profound, enduring impact on our state, our nation and the world.

Released: 27-Sep-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Rockefeller University Press Secures Transformative Journal Status from cOAlition S
The Rockefeller University Press

Rockefeller University Press (RUP) has attained Plan S compliant Transformative Journal status from cOAlition S. Authors receiving funding from members of cOAlition S may be eligible to have their Immediate Open Access (OA) fees covered in Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and Journal of General Physiology (JGP).

Newswise: UIC honored for commitment to diversity
Released: 20-Sep-2021 4:25 PM EDT
UIC honored for commitment to diversity
University of Illinois Chicago

UIC receives HEED Award from Insight into Diversity magazine for the sixth year

Released: 14-Sep-2021 4:40 PM EDT
The latest research news in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics
Newswise

Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL - Dr. Dave Bowman

Released: 10-Sep-2021 12:50 PM EDT
Australia Defamation Ruling Lays Responsibility on Media Outlets
Cornell University

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, studies the way people communicate online and the role of accountability, credibility and legitimacy within social networks. He says that this recent ruling indicates that some jurisdictions are willing to lay the responsibility of monitoring harmful speech to media platforms themselves — a potentially significant trend in how we view future cases.

Released: 8-Sep-2021 5:00 PM EDT
The jury is still out on the effectiveness of ivermectin in treating COVID-19, despite claims that it works or that it's useless
Newswise

Ivermectin is used to fight worms and other parasites in animals and humans. But some people are taking it to treat COVID-19, despite warnings from experts and poisonings tied to the drug.

Released: 31-Aug-2021 10:40 AM EDT
2021 APEX Awards recognize Lippincott journal portfolio with 20 wins
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Wolters Kluwer, Health announced today that 14 of its Lippincott healthcare publications won 20 awards in the 33rd annual Awards for Publication Excellence (APEX) Awards. Emergency Medicine News, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open, Neurology Today, Nurse Educator and the American Journal of Nursing all received Grand Awards.

Released: 19-Aug-2021 3:00 PM EDT
VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE: Breakthrough Cases and COVID Boosters: Live Expert Panel for August 18, 2021
Newswise

Expert Q&A: Do breakthrough cases mean we will soon need COVID boosters? The extremely contagious Delta variant continues to spread, prompting mask mandates, proof of vaccination, and other measures. Media invited to ask the experts about these and related topics.

Released: 17-Aug-2021 8:30 AM EDT
Study Compares FOX News and MSNBC Using 52,000 Transcripts, 283 Million Words
Florida Atlantic University

Researchers quantified key psychosocial and sociopolitical markers to compare the 2020, 2016 and 2012 presidential elections. The language of these two networks was never more distinct, and never more volatile, than during coverage of political events associated with the last presidential election. Yet the differences in language of the two networks were primarily in measures of linguistic style, including noun and pronoun use. Sociopolitical markers to assess left-right differences in language use, including moral metaphors, grievances, values, and personality, showed relatively modest effects.

Released: 9-Aug-2021 4:30 PM EDT
MTSU Free Speech Center, Poynter Institute Collaborate on First Amendment Education
Middle Tennessee State University

The initiative, which combines the Poynter Institute’s “Press Pass” program with the Free Speech Center’s “Lessons in Liberty,” will give educators timely and interactive classroom exercises designed to illuminate freedom of speech and press for the next generation of citizens.

Released: 4-Aug-2021 11:45 AM EDT
New Issue of the Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases Now Available
American Society of Retina Specialists

The July/August 2021 issue of the Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases (JVRD), the official peer-reviewed, scientific journal of the American Society of Retina Specialists, has been published.

Released: 3-Aug-2021 9:30 AM EDT
Congress of Neurological Surgeons Selects Wolters Kluwer as Its Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer, Health announced a multi-year agreement reestablishing its collaboration with the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), the leading organization dedicated to advancing neurosurgery through education and innovation. Beginning in January 2022, Wolters Kluwer will publish three medical specialty journals from CNS’s portfolio including its flagship publication Neurosurgery, one of the most highly cited neurosurgery journals in the world.

   
Released: 30-Jul-2021 4:20 PM EDT
Scientific Publishing Organizations and National Laboratories Partner on Transgender-Inclusive Name-Change Process for Published Papers
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

U.S. national laboratories and prominent publishers announce a partnership to support name change requests from researchers on past published papers.

   
Released: 30-Jul-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Journal of Biological Chemistry Names New Editor-in-Chief
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

Alex Toker, professor of pathology at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, will begin his term Oct. 1.

   
Released: 28-Jul-2021 10:55 AM EDT
SLAC Partners with National Labs and Scientific Publishing Organizations on Transgender-Inclusive Name-Change Process for Published Papers
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

The agreement, announced today, will make it easier for researchers to change their names and claim work from all stages of their careers. It specifically addresses the administrative and emotional difficulties some transgender researchers have experienced when requesting such name changes.

Released: 28-Jul-2021 10:00 AM EDT
Scientific Publishing Organizations and National Laboratories Partner on Transgender-Inclusive Name-Change Process for Published Papers
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is one of 17 U.S. national laboratories entering a partnership with prominent publishers, journals and other organizations in scientific publishing to support name-change requests from researchers on past published papers.

Released: 28-Jul-2021 9:30 AM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Wins the Prestigious Crystal Clarion Award
Wolters Kluwer Health

Wolters Kluwer, Health announced today that it was named the winner of the Crystal Clarion Award in the 2021 Clarion Awards from the Association for Women in Communications. The Crystal Clarion Award is presented to the organization with the most winning entries for the season. Wolters Kluwer’s publications, the American Journal of Nursing, Nursing Made Incredibly Easy!, Nursing 2020 and Nursing Management, collectively won seven Clarion Awards and earned four Finalist Certificates.

   
Released: 20-Jul-2021 10:05 AM EDT
Editor-in-Chief Debunks SARS-CoV-2 Origin Myths, Urges Media & Public to Rely on Science, not Science Fiction
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Scientific evidence strongly supports that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, occurred when a virus circulating in animals transferred to humans, according to a commentary publishing in the August edition of ASA Monitor, the official news publication of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Released: 16-Jul-2021 12:35 PM EDT
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog – or a Fake Russian Twitter Account
University at Buffalo

This study investigates how successful Russian Internet Research Agency Twitter accounts built the followings that were central to their disinformation campaigns around the 2016 US presidential election. Many legacy media outlets played an unwitting role in the growth, according to the findings.

Released: 14-Jul-2021 10:20 AM EDT
Interactive Media Reduce Negative Reactions to Health Messages, Boost Compliance
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

People often react negatively to health messages because they tend to dictate what we can and cannot do, but new research reveals that interactive media can soften negative reactions -- or reactance -- to health messages that are distributed online.

   
Released: 14-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT
American College of Gastroenterology Announces New Co-Editors-in-Chief of Red Journal
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

The American College of Gastroenterology today announced the new Co-Editors-in-Chief of The American Journal of Gastroenterology, Dr. Jasmohan Bajaj and Dr. Millie Long, who will assume their new roles with the January 2022 issue.

Released: 13-Jul-2021 12:45 PM EDT
JAAD Ranks No. 1 Among Dermatology Journals
American Academy of Dermatology

The Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology is the top peer-reviewed journal in its field, according to the 2020 impact factor rankings recently published by Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports (JCR) Web of Science Group.

Released: 7-Jul-2021 9:00 AM EDT
News Coverage of Racial Incidents Lowers Support for Black Entrepreneurs, Study Finds
University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business

One might expect that black entrepreneurs are receiving some long-deserved recognition. After the murder of George Floyd last summer, calls to #SupportBlackBusinesses and #BuyBlack soared.

   
Released: 6-Jul-2021 1:45 PM EDT
Context in Science Reporting Affects Beliefs About, and Support For, Science
University at Buffalo

How the media frame stories about science affects the public’s perception about scientific accuracy and reliability, and one particular type of narrative can help ameliorate the harm to science’s reputation sometimes caused by different journalistic approaches to scientific storytelling, according to a new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher.

1-Jul-2021 2:20 PM EDT
Medical Journal Articles Written by Women Are Cited Less Than Those Written by Men
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Academic articles published by women in high-impact medical journals also have fewer citations than those written by men, especially when women are primary and senior authors, according to new research.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2021 11:20 AM EDT
Endocrine Society Journals earn higher Impact Factors for 2020
Endocrine Society

Endocrine Society Journals experienced large Impact Factor increases, led by Endocrine Reviews, according to Clarivate’s recently released annual Journal Citation Report (JCR) for 2020.

Released: 16-Jun-2021 4:05 PM EDT
Hollywood stereotypes of female journalists feed a 'vicious cycle' of sexism
University of Florida

When a fictional female journalist appears on screen, chances are she's about to sleep with one of her sources. It's a trope that infuriates actual women in news media -- and it can have real-life consequences, says University of Florida researcher Frank Waddell, Ph.D.

Released: 10-Jun-2021 10:25 AM EDT
Rockefeller University Press Journals Release Policy on Author Name Change After Publication
The Rockefeller University Press

Journal of Cell Biology (JCB), Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), and Journal of General Physiology (JGP) announce an editorial policy allowing swift and confidential updates to author names at any time and for any reason including changes to gender identity, marriage, divorce, religion, or other personal circumstances.

Released: 3-Jun-2021 4:35 PM EDT
ACSM Announces 2020 Paper of the Year Selections
American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)

The ACSM Publications Committee established an annual Paper of the Year Award in 2020 to recognize one scientific article from each of ACSM's five journals. Award-winning articles are selected based on impact, research significance, conceptual design and/or technical innovation.

   
20-May-2021 10:05 PM EDT
A New Replication Crisis: Research that is Less Likely to be True is Cited More
University of California San Diego

Papers in leading psychology, economic and science journals that fail to replicate and therefore are less likely to be true are often the most cited papers in academic research, according to a new study by the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

     
Released: 21-May-2021 10:10 AM EDT
Law clinic's win unseals records of PA lawmaker’s prosecution
Cornell University

Scoring a victory for transparency on behalf of a coalition of media outlets, Cornell Law School’s First Amendment Clinic has won the release of more than 20 previously sealed court documents that shed light on the federal prosecution of a former Pennsylvania state legislator.



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