David Secko
Biographic Data
| ID | 3576230 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Secko |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Secko |
| SIGNATURE | SECKO D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Concordia University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 55 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Simulated Journalism Environments (J-SIMs) as a Conceptual Space to Examine Scientific Disinformation
Background: This report engages with a lack of experiments on innovative curricular designs in support of journalism education as related to scientific disinformation and reporting on health crises. Analysis: The analysis includes the views of 114 Canadian students who participated in six journalism simulations (J-SIMs) between 2018 and 2023. The report focuses on responses to scientific disinformation in the J-SIMs and presents five meta-themes …
Assessing the quality of a deliberative democracy mini-public event about advanced biofuel production and development in Canada
The importance of evaluating deliberative public engagement events is well recognized, but such activities are rarely conducted for a variety of theoretical, political and practical reasons. In this article, we provide an assessment of the criteria presented in the 2008 National Research Council report on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making (NRC report) as explicit indicators of quality for the 2012 ‘Advanced Biof…
Responsible innovation: An approach for extracting public values concerning advanced biofuels
The objective of our study was to test an approach for extracting public values concerning a virtually unknown and scientifically complex topic, namely advanced lignocellulosic biofuels, in order to foster responsible innovation of this novel technology in Canada as early on in the policy-making process as possible. As advanced lignocellulosic biofuels are currently an emerging form of liquid fuel for transport, it may be beneficial to open the d…
The Role of Media References During Public Deliberation Sessions
One intrinsic component of public engagement events on scientific issues that has been ignored is the role of media representations as informational inputs. This is despite inferences that media representations may support learning, reflection, misinformation, or polarization during an event. In this article, we examined the role of media references during a public deliberation on advanced biofuels, revealing how participants used them for variou…
Media Discourse on the Social Acceptability of Fecal Transplants
Advances in human microbiome research have generated considerable interest in elucidating the role of bacteria in health and the application of microbial ecosystem therapies and probiotics. Fecal transplants involve the introduction of gut microbes from a healthy donor's stool to the patient and have been documented as effective for treating Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) and some other gastrointestinal disorders. However, the treatment …
Public concerns regarding the storage and secondary uses of residual newborn bloodspots: An analysis of print media, legal cases, and public engagement activities
Grasping scientific news: The use of science journalism models to clarify the impacts of alternative forms of production
By developing model-based news articles and presenting them to audience focus groups, this research gauges reader response to “test stories” based on four models of science journalism: science literacy, contextual, lay-expertise, and public participation. This approach allows investigation of how to tie journalism theory to practice to audience reception, and back again. The results show how journalists and readers differently engage with various…
Four Models of Science Journalism: A synthesis and practical assessment
Much of the science communication and journalism studies literature continues to reiterate the same critiques about science journalism. This literature accuses science journalists of inaccuracy, sensationalism, oversimplification and failing to engage audiences in meaningful debate about scientific issues. However, research has yet to offer concrete solutions to journalists that connect theory to practice in an effort to counter these criticisms.…
In the Face of Critique: A Metasynthesis of the Experiences of Journalists Covering Health and Science
The qualitative literature related to health and science journalism often states that little is known about the perspectives of journalists. This is, in part, because of individual studies being like scattered pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In this article, the authors report the results of a qualitative metasynthesis aimed at reassembling the qualitative literature involving health and science journalists. Comprehensive literature searches gave a da…
The unfinished science story: Journalist–audience interactions from the Globe and Mail ’s online health and science sections
Science journalists are increasingly confronted with the ability of audiences to comment on science stories, create and share multimedia content, and blog about science. Yet, there is a surprising lack of literature exploring the narrative impacts of such changes on science journalism. To fill this gap, this article draws on the concept of the ‘unfinished’ science story to provide a narrative analysis of story-commentary sets from a Canadian news…
Report: Health Journalism: Fracturing Concerns and Building Reflective Capacity with a Deliberative Lens
This report outlines the deliberative outputs of an interdisciplinary workshop on health journalism held in November, 2008. The 43 people who spent eight hours sharing, challenging and learning at the workshop wanted the reported themes taken seriously in future discussions and research, so that we can begin to make progress in amplifying the health stories that matter
The unfinished science story: Reflections on Journalist-Audience Interactions in the Online Environment
Informed consent in biobank research: A deliberative approach to the debate
In the Face of Critique: A Metasynthesis of the Experiences of Journalists Covering Health and Science
The qualitative literature related to health and science journalism often states that little is known about the perspectives of journalists. This is, in part, because of individual studies being like scattered pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In this article, the authors report the results of a qualitative metasynthesis aimed at reassembling the qualitative literature involving health and science journalists. Comprehensive literature searches gave a da…
Informed consent in biobank research: A deliberative approach to the debate
Four Models of Science Journalism: A synthesis and practical assessment
Much of the science communication and journalism studies literature continues to reiterate the same critiques about science journalism. This literature accuses science journalists of inaccuracy, sensationalism, oversimplification and failing to engage audiences in meaningful debate about scientific issues. However, research has yet to offer concrete solutions to journalists that connect theory to practice in an effort to counter these criticisms.…
The unfinished science story: Journalist–audience interactions from the Globe and Mail ’s online health and science sections
Science journalists are increasingly confronted with the ability of audiences to comment on science stories, create and share multimedia content, and blog about science. Yet, there is a surprising lack of literature exploring the narrative impacts of such changes on science journalism. To fill this gap, this article draws on the concept of the ‘unfinished’ science story to provide a narrative analysis of story-commentary sets from a Canadian news…
Grasping scientific news: The use of science journalism models to clarify the impacts of alternative forms of production
By developing model-based news articles and presenting them to audience focus groups, this research gauges reader response to “test stories” based on four models of science journalism: science literacy, contextual, lay-expertise, and public participation. This approach allows investigation of how to tie journalism theory to practice to audience reception, and back again. The results show how journalists and readers differently engage with various…
The unfinished science story: Reflections on Journalist-Audience Interactions in the Online Environment
Media Discourse on the Social Acceptability of Fecal Transplants
Advances in human microbiome research have generated considerable interest in elucidating the role of bacteria in health and the application of microbial ecosystem therapies and probiotics. Fecal transplants involve the introduction of gut microbes from a healthy donor's stool to the patient and have been documented as effective for treating Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) and some other gastrointestinal disorders. However, the treatment …
The Role of Media References During Public Deliberation Sessions
One intrinsic component of public engagement events on scientific issues that has been ignored is the role of media representations as informational inputs. This is despite inferences that media representations may support learning, reflection, misinformation, or polarization during an event. In this article, we examined the role of media references during a public deliberation on advanced biofuels, revealing how participants used them for variou…
The unfinished science story: Reflections on Journalist-Audience Interactions in the Online Environment
Informed consent in biobank research: A deliberative approach to the debate
Report: Health Journalism: Fracturing Concerns and Building Reflective Capacity with a Deliberative Lens
This report outlines the deliberative outputs of an interdisciplinary workshop on health journalism held in November, 2008. The 43 people who spent eight hours sharing, challenging and learning at the workshop wanted the reported themes taken seriously in future discussions and research, so that we can begin to make progress in amplifying the health stories that matter
In the Face of Critique: A Metasynthesis of the Experiences of Journalists Covering Health and Science
The qualitative literature related to health and science journalism often states that little is known about the perspectives of journalists. This is, in part, because of individual studies being like scattered pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. In this article, the authors report the results of a qualitative metasynthesis aimed at reassembling the qualitative literature involving health and science journalists. Comprehensive literature searches gave a da…
The unfinished science story: Journalist–audience interactions from the Globe and Mail ’s online health and science sections
Science journalists are increasingly confronted with the ability of audiences to comment on science stories, create and share multimedia content, and blog about science. Yet, there is a surprising lack of literature exploring the narrative impacts of such changes on science journalism. To fill this gap, this article draws on the concept of the ‘unfinished’ science story to provide a narrative analysis of story-commentary sets from a Canadian news…
Four Models of Science Journalism: A synthesis and practical assessment
Much of the science communication and journalism studies literature continues to reiterate the same critiques about science journalism. This literature accuses science journalists of inaccuracy, sensationalism, oversimplification and failing to engage audiences in meaningful debate about scientific issues. However, research has yet to offer concrete solutions to journalists that connect theory to practice in an effort to counter these criticisms.…
Public concerns regarding the storage and secondary uses of residual newborn bloodspots: An analysis of print media, legal cases, and public engagement activities
Grasping scientific news: The use of science journalism models to clarify the impacts of alternative forms of production
By developing model-based news articles and presenting them to audience focus groups, this research gauges reader response to “test stories” based on four models of science journalism: science literacy, contextual, lay-expertise, and public participation. This approach allows investigation of how to tie journalism theory to practice to audience reception, and back again. The results show how journalists and readers differently engage with various…
Responsible innovation: An approach for extracting public values concerning advanced biofuels
The objective of our study was to test an approach for extracting public values concerning a virtually unknown and scientifically complex topic, namely advanced lignocellulosic biofuels, in order to foster responsible innovation of this novel technology in Canada as early on in the policy-making process as possible. As advanced lignocellulosic biofuels are currently an emerging form of liquid fuel for transport, it may be beneficial to open the d…
The Role of Media References During Public Deliberation Sessions
One intrinsic component of public engagement events on scientific issues that has been ignored is the role of media representations as informational inputs. This is despite inferences that media representations may support learning, reflection, misinformation, or polarization during an event. In this article, we examined the role of media references during a public deliberation on advanced biofuels, revealing how participants used them for variou…
Media Discourse on the Social Acceptability of Fecal Transplants
Advances in human microbiome research have generated considerable interest in elucidating the role of bacteria in health and the application of microbial ecosystem therapies and probiotics. Fecal transplants involve the introduction of gut microbes from a healthy donor's stool to the patient and have been documented as effective for treating Clostridium difficile infections (CDIs) and some other gastrointestinal disorders. However, the treatment …
Assessing the quality of a deliberative democracy mini-public event about advanced biofuel production and development in Canada
The importance of evaluating deliberative public engagement events is well recognized, but such activities are rarely conducted for a variety of theoretical, political and practical reasons. In this article, we provide an assessment of the criteria presented in the 2008 National Research Council report on Public Participation in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making (NRC report) as explicit indicators of quality for the 2012 ‘Advanced Biof…
Simulated Journalism Environments (J-SIMs) as a Conceptual Space to Examine Scientific Disinformation
Background: This report engages with a lack of experiments on innovative curricular designs in support of journalism education as related to scientific disinformation and reporting on health crises. Analysis: The analysis includes the views of 114 Canadian students who participated in six journalism simulations (J-SIMs) between 2018 and 2023. The report focuses on responses to scientific disinformation in the J-SIMs and presents five meta-themes …
Political science (10 works) · Media studies (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Public relations (7 works) · Climate Change Communication and Perception (6 works) · Journalism (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Media Studies and Communication (4 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)