Ep.7 Vaccine hesitancy and moral values

Science Communication Journal Club Podcast

English - March 18, 2019 21:39 - 29 minutes - 49.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 6 Indiana Jones and the Secrets of the Miscommunicated Science - Pseudo Archaeology vs Science

Next Episode: Ep. 8 Our House Is Burning - A case for increase of media coverage of biodiversity loss, guest Ruben Oliveira, Portuguese Ecological Society

What are the moral grounds based on which some people experience various level of hesitancy related to vaccination? How can science communicators explore these values, understand them and use them as a background for more effective communication and outreach? All in this episode!

Useful links mentioned in this episode:

scicommjc.org for summaries of latest and previous twitter chats, contacts and other news and useful sources;
Association of moral values with vaccine hesitancy - the article discussed in the twitter chat and the basis for this episode's discussion;
Moral Foundations Theory - further reading (first external reference is the book mentioned in the episode);
Thinking Fast and Slow - book also mentioned in the episode;
European Ecological Federation's 2019 Congress website - our new partners for the next twitter chat and more!
Our House Is Burning: Discrepancy in Climate Change vs. Biodiversity Coverage in the Media as Compared to Scientific Literature - the article topic of the April twitter chat.