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(Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling
Compelling stories about science can motivate people to engage and respond to relevant problems facing society. While science plays a unique role in society, providing the best available evidence for policy choices, understanding the world, and informing citizens’ daily lives, it does not hold any i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30300354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006720 |
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author | Dahlstrom, Michael F. Scheufele, Dietram A. |
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description | Compelling stories about science can motivate people to engage and respond to relevant problems facing society. While science plays a unique role in society, providing the best available evidence for policy choices, understanding the world, and informing citizens’ daily lives, it does not hold any intrinsic advantage in creating captivating stories for mass audiences. Instead, science must compete with other storytellers, many of whom are not bound to scientific evidence. This presents a paradox—how can science preserve its credibility as curator of knowledge while engaging audiences with a communication format that is agnostic to truth? |
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spelling | pubmed-61771222018-10-19 (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling Dahlstrom, Michael F. Scheufele, Dietram A. PLoS Biol Perspective Compelling stories about science can motivate people to engage and respond to relevant problems facing society. While science plays a unique role in society, providing the best available evidence for policy choices, understanding the world, and informing citizens’ daily lives, it does not hold any intrinsic advantage in creating captivating stories for mass audiences. Instead, science must compete with other storytellers, many of whom are not bound to scientific evidence. This presents a paradox—how can science preserve its credibility as curator of knowledge while engaging audiences with a communication format that is agnostic to truth? Public Library of Science 2018-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6177122/ /pubmed/30300354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006720 Text en © 2018 Dahlstrom, Scheufele http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Perspective Dahlstrom, Michael F. Scheufele, Dietram A. (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title | (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title_full | (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title_fullStr | (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title_full_unstemmed | (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title_short | (Escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
title_sort | (escaping) the paradox of scientific storytelling |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6177122/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30300354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.2006720 |
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