MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'framing'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:19:47 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3273098&cid=t_112498_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2FUrICWO_rldU%2Ffor_a_very_long_time.php For a very long time, I have argued that many scientists are excellent communicators. I have seen a number of scientists talk over the years and the experience has been mostly very positive. Even if I limit myself only to what I saw over the last couple of months, every single scientist lecture was riveting. So, where does the "scientists are bad communicators" trope come from? I think it comes from the people looking at the results - a country whose government (and population) does anti-scientific stuff. They look at various factors that may lead to that state and decide that the audience, while uninformed, is interested in science; that science education is too difficult to fix; that movies portray scientists in a bad light (which may be wrong); that the media does not cover science ... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3273098 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:05:10 +0100 3273098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3316135&cid=t_112498_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F6326590%2F14rbvh%2Fneuromarketing%7ECookie-Framing.htm Years ago, when The Tonight Show ruled late-night TV and when all the guests weren’t celebrities promoting their latest book, movie, or TV show, host Johnny Carson interviewed the Girl Scout who sold the most cookies that year. This young lady, Markita Andrews, set a cookie-sales record that has yet to be broken. [...] CommentsSocial psychologists have been teaching this for years. In ... by BrendonReminds me of the down-and-out fella who stopped me in the ... by eaonThe title of this post caught my eye immediately when it popped ... by Jon (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3316135 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:34:30 +0100 3316135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1856123&cid=t_112498_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FIB5UZ-lFssw%2F In the midst of an extensive discussion about vaccines and autism and how the two have come to be linked in the public consciousness, as noted by Dr. Paul Offit in his recently published book Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure, here comes a court decision from the Georgia Supreme Court. The decision allows Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari to proceed with a civil lawsuit against vaccine maker American Home Products Corp. As noted in today’s Athens Banner-Herald, this is a “first-of-a-kind ruling by an appellate court that had drawn fierce opposition from the vaccine industry.” Namely, the Georgia Court of Appeals is the first appellate court in the nation to hold that the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Act (VICP... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1856123 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:22:31 +0100 1856123 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853660&cid=t_112498_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FxYeZdo4D8RU%2F Yesterday I asked on the ScienceBlogs Book Club about how we can frame vaccines to combat what seems to be widespread public ignorance, or at least uncertainty, about what causes autism and what autism is. So how about this for a message for what autism is? Yes, that’s my son Charlie off on a bike ride. Jim was standing behind me as I took the photo: Jim’s quite able to pedal really fast and catch up to Charlie (who’s able to pedal really really fast himself). We’re not trying to push our luck with Charlie riding his bike in the street but one thing has becoming more and more apparent: Riding the bike has taught Charlie about stop signs and stopping at them, about cars and stopping for them, about looking both ways before you dive into an intersection, about traffi... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853660 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:30:16 +0100 1853660 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1853663&cid=t_112498_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FYRqdUrI3RKQ%2F Over at the Science Blogs Book Club I put up a post asking about framing autism. (On framing, see this post on framing vaccines by Orac.) Tags: asd, asperger, autism, autism blog, Books, disabilities blog, disability, framing, Health, immunization, jenny mccarthy, measles, mercury, mmr, Myth, Parenting, paul offit, pdd-nos, Science, shots, Vaccines, warrior motherShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1853663 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:41:23 +0100 1853663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1851058&cid=t_112498_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FtilxUiiWrWI%2F It’s Day 3 of the Science Blogs Book Club on Dr. Paul Offit’s Autism’s False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure. Dr. Offit has been posting and responding to questions (yesterday he noted that “anti-vaccine forces have taken the autism story hostage,” and I agree). Kev of Left Brain/Right Brain writes about how autism has become a secondary concern, Orac posts about framing vaccines, and I have a post up about mercury rising and falling and Lyn Redwood. You can also read other reviews of Dr. Offit’s book in the Kansas City Star and on the LA Times Booster Shots blog. The Rocky Mountain News gives the book an A- and notes that “Offit’s sarcasm and brow-beating of those he disagrees with is grating - this book will... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1851058 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:26:56 +0100 1851058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1742945&cid=t_112498_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F378644777%2Fon_nprs_science_friday_today.php There was a fantastic example of an anti-vaccination caller on this show earlier today - Parents Protest Increase In Required Vaccinations. Please listen to the podcast, especially to the last caller. Prodded over and over again, she displayed more and more loony conspiracy theories and in the end flatly stated that no kind or amount of evidence would change her mind. Do you think she was handled well? What take-home message would an uninformed listener take from the exchange? Pro or con? Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1742945 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:52:38 +0100 1742945 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449578&cid=t_112498_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F291970875%2Fthe_hairy_beast_or_super_virgi.php Ha! Made you look! Which is exactly the point! Go and add your own ideas in the comments there.... Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449578 Sat, 17 May 2008 00:47:15 +0100 1449578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1173461&cid=t_112498_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F221966163%2Fobligatory_reading_of_the_day_30.php Abel PharmBoy: Herding cats and framing science What he says. Read the comments on this post... (Source: A Blog Around The Clock) A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1173461 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:43:07 +0100 1173461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1133951&cid=t_112498_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F01%2F07%2Four-overlord-foucault-is-at-it-again%2F A witfree friend of the mentally ill left a comment at ama’s blog, claiming that the SPMI have all but been abandoned by the “consumertocracy literati.” Doesn’t that just roll off the tongue. The myth that we are hippie pomo philosophy majors with no real world knowledge of what we denounce is standard low-hanging [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1133951 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:32:43 +0100 1133951 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=943177&cid=t_112498_154_f&fid=36427&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FABlogAroundTheClock%2F%7E3%2F168397083%2Fknowledgeable_citizen.php The other day, Kate organized a talk by Sheila Jasanoff about science communication and subsequently summarized the talk on her blog. You need to read the whole thing, but the main point is that there is a difference between a one-to-many communication of usual science communication (the 'public service model'), including science education, policy speaches, etc., more often than not presented by non-scientists, e.g., journalists, politicians, etc. and the many-to-many interactive engaging of scientists with the public in a two-way communication (the 'public sphere model'): Thus, perhaps the issue is not how we package science, but how we engage the public to think critically about the science. While packaging can be done carefully and with reference to specific audiences, Jasanoff maintai... A Blog Around The Clock blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=943177 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:38:46 +0100 943177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=938870&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F10%2Fmore-sci-comm-literacy-my-faith-in-non.html Some thoughts on yesterday's summary post of Sheila Jasanoff's reflections on science communication:Firstly, Sheila is right.The public is much more educated and interested in the specifics of science than we give them credit for. Perhaps not the specifics of protein misfolding, or the regulation of gene transcription, or the number of synaptic boutons on a dendritic spine head in the hippocampus. To be honest, while some specifics can be deliciously nitty-gritty to us scientists, others can be difficult for scientists to listen to, too. But the specifics of what scientists are researching, and why and how, seem to be much more intriguing to the lay public than most believe them to be.* So I think, and John Horgan seems to agree, that we scientists should put a little more faith in the non... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=938870 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:56:00 +0100 938870 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=894279&cid=t_112498_140_f&fid=35438&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwrithesafely.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F09%2F23%2Fwhat-i-spurned-on-my-summer-vacation%2F For the last few years I’ve been holding off on buying Nick Cave’s double-CD Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus until I do something sufficiently awful that I don’t have to but probably should if I’m to get along with my better self. I’ve met my share of challenges since the CD came out, and each [...] (Source: Writhe Safely) Writhe Safely blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=894279 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 22:41:21 +0100 894279 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=726399&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fanother-sad-clash-between-science.html I haven't been able to blog much lately, but an article in today's NYTimes just killed me and I couldn't help but post some excerpts:Former Surgeon General Says He Was Muzzled"Anything that doesn't fit into the political appointees' ideological, theological or political agenda is ignored, marginalized or simply buried," Dr. Richard Carmona, who served as the nation's top doctor from 2002 until 2006, told a House of Representatives committee."The problem with this approach is that in public health, as in a democracy, there is nothing worse than ignoring science, or marginalizing the voice of science for reasons driven by changing political winds. The job of surgeon general is to be the doctor of the nation, not the doctor of a political party," Carmona added.Carmona said Bush administration... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=726399 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:54:00 +0100 726399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=659385&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fthree-questions-that-remained.html Given all the blog chatter over framing during the past couple of months, I was thrilled to hear it argued straight from the horse's mouth last night at the "Framing Science" talk hosted by NYAS. The reception afterward was abuzz with lots of interesting bits and pieces, and while I got others' perspectives on some lingering issues, the Q&A at the end of the talk ran short and I was left with the following three issues:1. Nisbet talked about the “problem of choice” regarding the growing number of media and news outlets, which becomes a daunting set to choose from. Undoubtedly, many of these outlets will reframe any frame that you devise for your scientific argument – whether changes are made unwittingly or with intent, it’s to be expected that you’ll be reframed as a result of ed... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=659385 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 22:49:00 +0100 659385 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651873&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Finspired-by-sherils-brave.html Inspired by Sheril's brave reintroduction of the framing debate while guest-blogging at The Intersection, I thought it was time to bring a pre-debate (2002) Nature opinion piece and two responses into the fold. Sheril ends her reintro w/ a topic that's a bit tongue-in-cheek but gets at the heart of the current debate, that "framing science is neither solely about the Frame nor the Science." My rebuttal - or addition, I'm not sure which is more appropriate - to that is the topic debated in these Nature pieces by two other non-scientists, sociologist Steve Fuller and Smithsonian public affairs liason Elizabeth Tait.Note: if the articles are inaccessible, they're likely behind a subscription wall, so I'll do my best to summarize.First, the opinion piece,"Media studies for scientists," that sp... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651873 Thu, 24 May 2007 18:21:00 +0100 651873 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=651880&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fanteriorcommissure.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fnew-spin-another-way-to-frame-frame.html So there's been a lot of blog chatter on this framing topic presented by Nisbet and Mooney (one-stop browse the e-discussions here), but last night at the AAAS S&T Policy Forum, I heard a take on it that I hadn't heard yet, from Former Chairman of the House Science Committee, Sherwood Boehlert.(As an aside, I'm actually ditching the last part of the conference right now and waiting for my train back to NYC. In all respects, the conference was intellectual, dynamic, and completely exhausting - just this morning's panel had my head spinning. I'll post a link to transcripts, should they ever pop them online. Anyway, I'll try to flesh this out more when I'm back home but wanted to get out some thoughts in the meanwhile...)As a bit of background, Former Rep Boehlert, as well as his former CoS D... The Anterior Commissure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=651880 Fri, 04 May 2007 19:09:00 +0100 651880 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=547407&cid=t_112498_87_f&fid=34882&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbreathspakids.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Freporting-science-who-is-interested-who.html Blogs that covers scientific or medical matters frequently criticise both the inadequate and uninformed coverage of these issues in mainstream media while despairing at the ready coverage given to (say) anti-scientific or pro-CAM topics. Too often, science or health journalists seem to reproduce a press release about a study uncritically and make no attempt to check the underlying science, hypotheses or results of the studies or trials. We rely upon journalists of various media to read and understand studies that are of general interest and to report upon them accurately. However, as Goldacre expresses it, although:newspapers like to fantasise that they are mediators between specialist tricky knowledge and the wider public...I wouldn’t be so flattering. In fact, if you have access to the... Breath Spa for Kids blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=547407 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 10:16:00 +0100 547407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=529716&cid=t_112498_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F08%2Fframing-science-a-new-skin-for-the-old-ceremony%2F     The blogosphere is all lit up with views and commentary on the “Framing Science” article by Matthew Nisbet and Chris Mooney. Interesting discussion can be found at Sandwalk, A Blog Aroung The Clock (and links within), Pharyngula, as well as Matthew Nisbet’s site. Essentially, the article argues that scientists are losing the battle of popular opinion because they don’t frame science in a way that normal folk can relate to. People glaze over when someone start to talk science. Unless scientists and science writers get better at communicating with the public, so the argument goes, we will lose valuable mind-space to interests that are better “framers”, such as Conservative politicians and the Intelligent Design movement. If only scientis... Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=529716 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:37:27 +0100 529716