Health science communication strategies used by researchers with the public in the digital and social media ecosystem: a systematic scoping review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The optimisation of health science communication (HSC) between researchers and the public is crucial. In the last decade, the rise of the digital and social media ecosystem allowed for the disintermediation of HSC. Disintermediation refers to the public's direct access to information from researchers about health science-related topics through the digital and social media ecosystem, a process that would otherwise require a human mediator, such as a journalist. Therefore, the primary aim of this scoping review is to describe the nature and the extent of the literature regarding HSC strategies involving disintermediation used by researchers with the public in the digital and social media ecosystem. The secondary aim is to describe the HSC strategies used by researchers,

SUBMITTER: Fontaine G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5829594 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature