克里斯普尔很容易:暴露于上周的今晚增强了对基因编辑的知识
April A Eichmeier1, Michael A Xenos2
1Department of Emerging Media, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America.
PloS one
|October 4, 2024
概括
幽默可能有助于弥补基因编辑方面的知识差距. 一项研究发现,幽默视频适度提高了基因编辑的公众知识,这表明了科学传播的潜力.
科学领域:
- 生物技术是生物技术.
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 科学沟通科学沟通
背景情况:
- 公众参与对于管理诸如CRISPR基因编辑等有争议的科学进展至关重要.
- 吸引不感兴趣的公民是科学传播的一个重大挑战.
- 幽默正在被探索,作为一个工具来弥合兴趣和知识差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估幽默在科学传播中的潜力,以增加公众对基因编辑的参与.
- 评估幽默与中立视频内容对公众知识和对基因编辑的关注的影响.
主要方法:
- 一项调查让303人看了三种视频之一:一个幽默的视频 (Last Week Tonight),一个中立的视频 (60分钟) 或一个对照视频.
- 这些视频呈现了关于基因编辑的重叠事实信息.
- 暴露后测量了注意力,问题知识和感知知识.
主要成果:
- 对幽默视频的曝光导致参与者对问题知识的适度改善.
- 两种视频都没有显著提高那些对科学初始兴趣较低的人的注意力.
- 这两种视频治疗都对基因编辑的感知知识产生了积极的影响.
结论:
- 科学传播中的幽默显示了提高公众对新兴科学领域 (如基因编辑) 的理解的潜力,尽管有限.
- 需要进一步的研究才能充分理解幽默在扩大公众参与方面的有效性.
- 当使用幽默进行科学宣传时,必须仔细考虑内容和受众.
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