Abstract Background Previous research has indicated that demographic differences affect COVID-19 vaccination rates. Trust, in both the vaccine itself and institutional trust, is one possible factor. The present study examines racial trust status among a nationally representative sample of adults United States. Methods Data for current was collected as part Wave 8 Omnibus 2000 survey conducted by RAND ALP consisted 2080 participants. Responses were through online March 2021. Results Trust...

In this second golden age of data design, digital affordances enable the news media to share occasionally misleading charts about COVID-19. Examining visualizations COVID-19 highlights three ways that can mislead viewers: (a) by displaying inadequate data, (b) manipulating scales and visual distance, (c) omitting contextual labels needed fully understand a chart’s message. This article provides takeaways for technical communicators including adequate representing numbers consistently,...

This study examines how and why 20 instructors (17 tenure-line 3 nontenure-line) in introductory service courses enact their pedagogical values address current concerns (e.g., personal branding, LinkedIn, applicant tracking systems) when teaching résumés cover letters. Research methods included a demographics survey, qualitative interviews, critical discourse analysis of assignment sheets deidentified student examples. Results provide an opportunity to renegotiate gaps between Business...

Background: Professional communication instructors give profuse feedback on student writing in service or introductory courses; however, professional has traditionally borrowed practices from first-year writing. In addition, have relied lore instead of data when giving students feedback. Literature review: Three recent studies examine the content comments given by instructors; nevertheless, these open questions about how enact their pedagogical values Research questions: 1. What do value...

The authors examined a corpus of figure captions from technical and professional communication (TPC)-journal articles to test their sense that TPC do not fulfill communicative potential as well as, they sensed, journals in science often do. performed content analysis on biology-journal iteratively tested coding scheme caption content. resulting can help analyzing content, developing captions, imparting variety TPC-related skills students.

Using existing models of behavioral health promotion, specifically the Extended Parallel Process Model, previous research has identified factors that may impact engagement in preventive behaviors during COVID-19 pandemic such as perceived threat, susceptibility to severity, and efficacy.

While previous studies have noted how instructors comment on students' content, more attention should be given to give feedback abstract issues of detail, and information. In this study, I interviewed 20 about they had resumes cover letters; used critical discourse analysis code the interviews. Instructors' mentions information formed six major themes: providing expressing information, orienting audiences, seeing finding considering revising content. Instructors often framed as a deficit,...

Organizations like the WHO and CDC have been reluctant to admit that many common safety practices for COVID-19, such as keeping six feet away from other people or sanitizing door handles, are based on wrong scientific paradigm. While these larger public health organizations were slow change their prevention recommendations, air filtration specialists experts dedicated themselves creating sharing information about how could protect spreading virus. In particular, quality engineers Richard...

Formative feedback conferences, meetings with small groups of students about their assignment drafts, have the potential to shape students’ approaches revising work, giving one another feedback, and preparing them for future writing beyond technical communication classroom. This extended abstract details advantages, procedures, limitations this pedagogical approach.

The included infographic describes P.A.C.K, guidelines that are a starting point for creating public health tweets better meet the needs of African American users:• Provide inclusive charts;• Avoid poor timing;• Communicate to individuals; and• Know your potential biases.

In line with the Astro2020 Decadal Report State of Profession findings and NASA core value Inclusion, Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Bridge Program was created to provide financial programmatic support efforts that work increase representation inclusion students from under-represented minorities in STEM fields. To ensure an effective program, particularly for those who are often left out these conversations, SMD Workshop developed as a way gather feedback diverse group people about their...

In professional communication service courses, students are often taught with textbooks or assignments that embody tensions between Shannon and Weaver's transmission model of versus more rhetorical concepts purpose, audience, context. I present three introductory business designed to teach consider their writing choices the functions genre as social action a richer way learning communicate in contexts: an analysis memo, ESL messages packet, instructions presentation assignment. Asking...

Professional and Technical Communication (PTC) instructors give students feedback on assignments like resumes cover letters; however, these practices are based lore, not empirical research. This paper presents preliminary data from an ongoing study of 25 experienced PTC instructors. The first three interviews show that while each instructor wants to understand audience, do always consider PTC's goals teaching problem-solving, meeting employers' needs, or preparing become change agents.

This paper re-examines PTC's basic pedagogical practices to ensure that they are grounded in data-driven research. PTC has little empirical data about how instructors align their strategies with goals for students' learning, especially service courses. To do this, I outline and develop an evaluative framework measure well specific meet those goals. include example of this can be used the effectiveness instructor feedback on resumes cover letters. Without further examination our teaching...

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