We’ve all heard it. Whether it’s from a family member, a co-worker, or even just somebody in the queue outside the supermarket, at some point in the past year you’re bound to have come across at least one person who maintains that vaccines are harmful: “I’m not taking any experimental jabs,” they declare with conviction,…Continue Reading Can applied linguistics help combat the spread of anti-vaccine misinformation online? by Milo Coffey.
Health Communication Research Projects in Applied Linguistics
Two final year students in Applied Linguistics, Molly Rabin and Megan Davies, undertook a WOW (Week of Work) placement this year, working as research assistants alongside Tess Fitzpatrick and Alexia Bowler on a health communication project with a local health board. The project’s aims were to evaluate patient information documents provided by a newly created…Continue Reading Health Communication Research Projects in Applied Linguistics