By Andrew Elfenbein, University of Minnesota Who can access science? In my previous post, I noted issues raised by seemingly innocent polarity of “open vs. closed” to describe science. If, as I noted, open science is rarely as open as it claims to be, what would a...
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On Open Science – Part 1: Open Science and (Some of) Its Assumptions
Andrew Elfenbein, University of Minnesota What exactly does "open" mean? “Open science” is a tricky phrase because of the adjective, “open.” It implies the existence of an evil Doppelgänger, “closed science.” “Open” has happy connotations of being accessible,...
What Can Text and Discourse Researchers Do about the Science Infodemic?
by Gale M. Sinatra & Barbara K. Hofer Science doubt, resistance, and denial are serious concerns not just for scientists and educators. Text and discourse researchers have a special role to play in mitigating the impact of the current science infodemic. The...
Engaging Conversation: Bringing the Science of Text and Discourse to Life
Discourse Processes is excited to use this blog to spur conversations about research related to discourse processing and comprehension! In these times, science denial is influencing decisions and conversations at different levels of society. ...