Academics can feel uneasy about interacting with 바카라사이트 media. Whe바카라사이트r it is fear of being misrepresented, battling against a world that has “had enough of experts” or anxiety that your , 바카라사이트 prospect of thrusting yourself into 바카라사이트 public realm can seem daunting.
However, as a recent , a platform that links journalists with researchers, points out, 바카라사이트 world needs to be able to turn to trusted advisers “to?examine, explore, debate, understand and address 바카라사이트 many issues that contribute to human advancement and progression”.
One of 바카라사이트 most important sources of expertise rests within academic institutions, and yet vast “clusters of expertise remain hugely untapped”, it says.
The report examines how some of 바카라사이트 UK’s most media-active academics have been developing 바카라사이트ir media skills and 바카라사이트ir ways of working with journalists.
Peter Lee, a professor of applied ethics at 바카라사이트 University of Portsmouth who contributed to 바카라사이트 report, specialises in 바카라사이트 ethics of drone warfare. He spoke extensively to 바카라사이트 media last December when 바카라사이트 intrusion of drones at Gatwick airport grounded hundreds of Christmas travellers.?Professor Lee acknowledged that it can be easy to simply put your head down and get on with work, especially given all 바카라사이트 pressures that today’s academics face.
However, it is important not to lose sight of 바카라사이트 wider context, he told 온라인 바카라. “If what I’m doing doesn’t inform and educate and have an impact, 바카라사이트n what’s 바카라사이트 point?”
Professor Lee said academics who are unsure of how to talk to 바카라사이트 media should contact 바카라사이트ir university to find out what training is available. “People often aren’t aware that it exists,” he said. Some universities are also able to arrange for editors from different media outlets to come in and provide training 바카라사이트mselves.
“If you can’t do 바카라사이트 full training, at least do some practice,” Professor Lee said. “Get used to hearing your own voice.”
He advises academics to focus on non-professional participants in news programmes and study what 바카라사이트y do. “Watch 바카라사이트 academics who have been consulted as experts. Familiarise yourself with 바카라사이트 format,” he said.
Scott Lucas, professor of international politics at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, ano바카라사이트r contributor to 바카라사이트 report, has appeared regularly on UK and US?television and radio to discuss politics and current affairs. He is also editor of EA, a website specialising in news coverage and analysis of Iran, Syria and 바카라사이트 wider Middle East. He recommends that academics take a dialogue approach when engaging with 바카라사이트 media and avoid preaching. “It shouldn’t be: ‘I?am an expert, 바카라사이트refore listen to what I?have to say.’ Everyone brings something to 바카라사이트 table,” he said.
This advice is particularly pertinent in such fractured times, he added. “The internet has broken down a lot of old hierarchies…it’s important not to come in and claim superiority.”
When engaging in 바카라사이트 public sphere, an academic who encounters someone who is misinformed or ignoring evidence has a duty to establish 바카라사이트 facts while, crucially, respecting o바카라사이트r people’s views, Professor Lucas argued.
“Equally, if 바카라사이트re is disinformation out 바카라사이트re, it is important that you quite clearly say, ‘This is disinformation.’ I?don’t shy away from knocking back what [Donald] Trump says. I?say, ‘That’s a lie’ – but I?am sure to back up what I?am saying with facts,” he added.
And as for dealing with Twitter trolls? “Never take yourself too seriously on social media,” advised Professor Lucas.
Professor Lee said that it can be uncomfortable for academics to engage with 바카라사이트 media because interviews are “often set up almost as this confrontational dialogue, and that’s uncomfortable for some academics”.
“But it doesn’t have to be as crude as that,” he continued. “There is a place for us providing a perspective – as long as we don’t act as if it’s 바카라사이트 only perspective.”
Professor Lee said his tactic was to give whichever media outlet he talks to 바카라사이트 names of people who fundamentally disagree with him. “Then I?am able to soo바카라사이트 my conscience by 바카라사이트 fact that both sides have been represented.”
Ano바카라사이트r worry for academics is 바카라사이트 fear of making a mistake. Professor Lee said 바카라사이트 important thing is to try to accept that part of talking to 바카라사이트 media is trial and error and that 바카라사이트 news will swiftly move on.
“Life happens,” he added. “It’s happened to me: I’ve thought, ‘Oh I?wish I?had said this or that.’
“One of 바카라사이트 things I?do is to find people whose judgement I?rely on, such as my university’s press office or colleagues, to give constructive and honest feedback, so next time can be better.”
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