RAPID: Influencing Young Adults’ Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media – RAPID: Filling Knowledge Gaps and Crisis Reporting

December 20, 2021 | Media and Technology

Media researchers from Texas Tech University, evaluators at Rockman et al, and KQED, a public media organization serving the San Francisco Bay Area, set out to understand the COVID-19 information needs of its community to assist KQED science journalists with their health coverage. This is a summary of what we learned.

Associated Projects

RAPID: Filling Knowledge Gaps and Crisis Reporting RAPID: Collaborative Research: Influencing Young Adults' Science Engagement and Learning with COVID-19 Media Coverage

TEAM MEMBERS

Sue Ellen McCann

Principal Investigator

KQED, Inc.

Sevda Eris

Co-Principal Investigator

KQED, Inc.

Asheley Landrum

Co-Principal Investigator

Texas Tech University, College of Media and Communication

Sarah Mohamad

Project Manager

KQED, Inc.

Scott Burg

Evaluator

Rockman et al

Citation

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: AISL

Award Number: 2028469

Funding Amount: $102,142

Resource Type: Research Products | Reference Materials | Presentation Slides

Discipline: Health and medicine

Audience: Adults | General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists

Environment Type: Media and Technology | Broadcast Media | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media

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