September 1st, 2021 | EVALUATION
This collaborative research project between KQED, a public media organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area, Texas Tech University and Rockman et al conducted research to study how best to provide effective COVID-19 science news and social media content for young adult audiences.
To start the work, four “Knowledge Gap” studies – Twitter Misinformation, Mask Wearing Messaging, Germ Knowledge and Conceptual Mapping – as well as social media testing were conducted to address our first research question: How could COVID-19 coverage be designed to best inform, engage and educate millennials and younger audiences about the science of virus transmission and prevention?
KQED and Texas Tech advanced professional knowledge in the journalism and science communication fields around crisis reporting and building a media practitioner and academic researcher collaboration for audience research through a study conducted by Scott Burg of Rockman et al. Rockman gathered data between October 2020 - May 2021, interviewed KQED Science staff and participated in virtual observations of KQED project and related staff meetings to answer our second research question: Can KQED develop a more efficient process of disaster reporting that responds to both constantly updating information and changing audience needs which can be used and expanded upon by media outlets?
Rockman et al (REA), an employee-owned research and evaluation firm was contracted to conduct an external process evaluation to provide insight into the relationship between project activities, communication and implementation methods, and observed project outcomes. This process evaluation report, authored by Scott Burg, covers project activities from May 2020 - April 2021.
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Team Members
Sue Ellen McCann, Principal Investigator, KQED, Inc.Sevda Eris, Co-Principal Investigator, KQED, Inc.
Asheley Landrum, Co-Principal Investigator, Texas Tech University
Sarah Mohamad, Project Manager, KQED, Inc.
Scott Burg, Author, Rockman et al
Funders
Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 2028469
Funding Amount: $102,142
Related URLs
RAPID: Influencing Young Adults’ Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media: Process Evaluation report
RAPID: Collaborative Research: Influencing Young Adults' Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media Coverage
Tags
Audience: Adults | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Health and medicine
Resource Type: Evaluation | Evaluation Reports | Summative
Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites | Mobile Apps | Online Media