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Team:Heidelberg/Project/Science Communication/Survey scientists
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Survey - Scientists
We are currently carrying out a survey asking 300 scientists of the Bioquant to answer the following questions. The questionnaire of the survey is based on several studies [1],[2], expanded and adapted for our purposes.
Field of research:
- Synthetic Biology
- Systems Biology
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Translational Research
- Clinical Research
- Other: please specify
Position:
- PI
- Postdoc
- PhD Student
- Masters / Diploma Student
- Technical Assistance
- Other please specifiy
1. In the past 3 years, have you had professional contact with journalists from the general mass media (face-to-face, by phone, or by mail/fax/email)?
a. More than 6 times
b. 2 to 6 times
c. 1 to 2 times
d. No contact
2. What kind of contact with the media have you had? (Check all alternatives that apply.)
a. Been interviewed by a journalist
b. Been a guest on a TV or radio
c. Panel discussion or talk show provided background information for a popular article or program in the media
d. Participated in preparation of article / book / brochure addressed to general audience
e. Other, please specify
3. Judging reports about your field of work in press articles or other reports in other media, how do you think the science facts are represented: (1-5 accurate - bad)
a. The bottom line of the work is correctly presented.
b. Important facts of the work where omitted thereby hindering comprehension of the science behind
c. The results and their implications are exaggerated
4. Do you think your work has implications for society and/or policy-makers and regulators?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Don’t know / not sure
When carrying out a survey in the pedestrian area of Heidelberg,
5. what do you think how many people know that “E.coli” is a bacterium?
a. -5%
b. 5%-25%
c. 25%-50%
d. 50%-75%
e. 75%-95%
f. > 95%
6. what do you think how many people know what a “pathogen” is?
a. -5%
b. 5%-25%
c. 25%-50%
d. 50%-75%
e. 75%-95%
f. > 95%
7. what do you think how many people know that “desoxyribonucleic acid / DNA” is the carrier of genetic information?
a. -5%
b. 5%-25%
c. 25%-50%
d. 50%-75%
e. 75%-95%
f. > 95%
8. what do you think how many people can describe roughly what “synthetic biology” means?
a. -5%
b. 5%-25%
c. 25%-50%
d. 50%-75%
e. 75%-95%
f. > 95%
References
[1] Science Communication, Interactions with the Mass Media, Science,Vol. 321. no. 5886, pp. 204 – 205, July 2008
[2] Science Communication, Report of the Royal Society, June 2006, http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=3180
