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Ten ways to find Open Access articles

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Some tried and trusted ways to find openly accessible versions of articles. (Last updated: March 15, 2022) An article you need is behind a paywall on the journal's website? Don't fret – there are still some easy ways to find free, legal versions of the article you don't have access to.  These tips will allow you to find non-paywalled articles that you can read and download without you or your institution having to pay any fee or subscription. This image was created by Scriberia for The Turing Way community and is used under a CC-BY licence. DOI:  10.5281/zenodo.3678226 . The articles you find may be: the publisher's version  (the same one you'd find on the journal's website); the  accepted version  or  postprint (the peer-reviewed version of the article that the journal has accepted for publication) – it's just as good as the publisher's version; or the preprint (usually published before peer-review). The version of the article that you'll be able t

Notes on frames and framing effects: A short glossary with examples

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My notes on the terminology in the framing literature, with recommended readings in political science and psychology. Some terms that will be covered: framing in communication, framing in thought, the framing effect, agenda-setting, priming, persuasion, emphasis or issue framing effects, equivalency framing effects, risky choice framing, attribute framing, goal framing, context framing.  Please note that there's a debate in the literature on the distinctions between these terms  –  the definitions I've chosen to present might not be universally accepted. Let me know if you spot any errors. Photo by  Jackie Hope  on  Unsplash . Framing in communication what the speaker says "The words, images, phrases, and presentation styles that a speaker uses when relaying information to another" (Druckman, 2001, p. 227). "The frame that the speaker chooses may reveal what the speaker sees as relevant to the topic at hand" (Druckman, 2001, p. 227) or the impact they want

Good photos for public communication about vaccination (150+ free-to-use photos)

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What photos should – and shouldn't – be used in public communication  about vaccination  (e.g., in online news stories or academic presentations), with links to 150 examples of good photos that are open and free to use. This article was updated on April 24, 2021 to include photos taken during the COVID-19 pandemic. I originally wrote this article in Serbian . Here's the English translation. If you reprint this article in full or in part, include the link to the source article and state the author of the article (Aleksandra Lazic). A good photo. Author/Source:  SELF Magazine . Terms of Use:  Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic . Bad vaccination photos Bad photos have at least one of these features : Visibly distressed persons (e.g., crying, screaming, wincing); Needle taking up 50% or more of the photo; Needle is the focal point of the photo; Multiple needles in one photo. Neutral photos should also be avoided. They have at least one of these features : Vaccine administered