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A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination (2013)
Journal Article
Wilkinson, C., & Weitkamp, E. (2013). A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination. PLoS ONE, 8(12), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084339

In the face of demands for researchers to engage more actively with a wider range of publics and to capture different kinds of research impacts and engagements, we explored the ways a small number of environmental researchers use traditional and soci... Read More about A case study in serendipity: Environmental researchers use of traditional and social media for dissemination.

‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement (2012)
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Wilkinson, C., Dawson, E., & Bultitude, K. (2012). ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 2(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2011.628503

© 2012, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. A wide range of work has reported on the outcomes of public engagement activities and the views expressed by public participants towards specific areas of science and technology. Such work has rarely g... Read More about ‘Younger People Have Like More of an Imagination, No Offence’: Participant Perspectives on Public Engagement.

"Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics (2011)
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Wilkinson, C., Bultitude, K., & Dawson, E. (2011). "Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics. Science Communication, 33(3), 367-397. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547010389818

Governmental and institutional policy making in a number of countries has embedded public engagement strategies as a primary channel to connect citizens with scientific and technological innovation. Robotics is emerging as a key site for such new tec... Read More about "Oh yes, robots! people like robots; the robot people should do something": Perspectives and prospects in public engagement with robotics.

Nanotechnology and news (2010)
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Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2010). Nanotechnology and news. People and Science, 18

Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate (2009)
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Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2009). Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate. Public Understanding of Science, 18(5), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1177/0963662507084202

Increasingly, scientists and policy makers have come to recognize that if nanotechnologies are to achieve wide public acceptance, it is essential to engage publics during the early phase of technology development. The media, situated at the interface... Read More about Opening the black box: Scientists' views on the role of the news media in the nanotechnology debate.

Meet the gene machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school (2008)
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Streith, L., Bultitude, K., Burnet, F., & Wilkinson, C. (2008). Meet the gene machine: stimulating bioethical discussions at school. Science in School, Autumn(Issue), 34-38

Laura Strieth, Karen Bultitude, Frank Burnet and Clare Wilkinson use drama and debate to encourage young people to discuss genetics and what it means for us all. Why not join in?

"User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users (2007)
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Rees, C., Knight, L., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). "User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 12(3), 359-390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-006-9007-5

Despite the General Medical Council emphasising the value of service users to medical students' education, there is scant literature about service user involvement in medical education. Although some research has outlined the effectiveness of service... Read More about "User involvement is a sine qua non, almost, in medical education": Learning with rather than just about health and social care service users.

Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships (2007)
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Wilkinson, C. E., Knight, L. V., Rees, C. E., Rees, C., Knight, L., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships. Social Science and Medicine, 65(4), 725-737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.044

This paper describes the metaphorical conceptualisations of student/doctor-patient relationships, as articulated by multiple stakeholders in healthcare. Eight focus group discussions with 19 patients, 13 medical students and 15 medical educators (com... Read More about Doctors being up there and we being down here: A metaphorical analysis of talk about student/doctor-patient relationships.

"From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions (2007)
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Knight, L. V., Rees, C. E., & Wilkinson, C. (2007). "From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions. Qualitative Health Research, 17(3), 411-422. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732306298375

Reporting and analyzing interactional data collected during focus groups can be a significant challenge for qualitative health researchers. In this article, the authors explore the use of humor among focus group participants as one area of interactio... Read More about "From the heart of my bottom": Negotiating humor in focus group discussions.

Nanotechnology in the news (2006)
Journal Article
Petersen, A., Anderson, A., Allan, S., & Wilkinson, C. (2006). Nanotechnology in the news

Nanotechnology has been the topic of intense media scrutiny over the last couple of years. From grey goo to body-repairing nanobots to space elevators and even to more down-to-earth applications such as targeted drug delivery and nanoelectronics, the... Read More about Nanotechnology in the news.

The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press (2005)
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Anderson, A., Allan, S., Petersen, A., & Wilkinson, C. (2005). The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press. Science Communication, 27(2), 200-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547005281472

This article investigates how developments in nanotechnology were framed in the British national newspaper press during a formative period in their rising public salience. Specifically, an intervention by Prince Charles in April 2003 is shown to have... Read More about The framing of nanotechnologies in the British newspaper press.