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Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The topics of ethics and professionalism in anatomy have only recently gained prominence within the discipline, reflecting trends in medical and health professions education and an increasing awareness of societal expectations around the use of the dead.
Jon Cornwall +2 more
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Constitutional Design and Political Communication [PDF]
This paper models the constitutional design process, and points out the importance of political communication (defined as the level of information about the social distribution of policy preferences that individuals hold, at the time of this process) on ...
Xefteris, Dimitrios
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Cheap, Easy, or Connected: The Conditions for Creating Group Coordination [PDF]
, 2013 In both legal and political settings there has been a push toward adopting institutions that encourage consensus. The key feature of these institutions is that they bring interested parties together to communicate with each other. Existing research about
McCubbins, Mathew D. +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million +3 more
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Communicating for change: media and agency in the networked public sphere [PDF]
, 2012 This paper is aimed at anyone who is interested in the role of media as an influence on power and policy. It especially about the role of news journalism, NGOs and other activists who use communication for change. It looks at the context for those actors
Beckett, Charlie
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Essential work, invisible workers: The role of digital curation in COVID‐19 Open Science
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 703-717, April 2025.Abstract In this paper, we examine the role digital curation practices and practitioners played in facilitating open science (OS) initiatives amid the COVID‐19 pandemic. In Summer 2023, we conducted a content analysis of available information regarding 50 OS initiatives that emerged—or substantially shifted their focus—between 2020 and 2022 to address ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract The emergence of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is reshaping the research landscape and carries significant implications for Digital Humanities (DH), a field long intertwined with computational methods and technologies. This study examines how DH scholars are adopting and critically evaluating GenAI in their research. Drawing on an
Rongqian Ma, Meredith Dedema, Andrew Cox
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto +3 more
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From disorientation to preparedness: Information practices as scaffolding in acute crises
Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract This qualitative study examines how adults in Israel enacted information practices during an acute national crisis. Using the information transitions framework, we investigate how concrete practices emerge and evolve across three stages: understanding, negotiating, and resolving. Semi‐structured Zoom interviews with 18 adults were analyzed via
Lilach Alon +2 more
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