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From the Ted Talk by Erica Stone: Academic research is publicly funded -- why isn't it publicly available?

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

It's like the six degrees of srpteaiaon, but with research.

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So, when I said I read a study, what I actually read was 59 characters that summarized 10 years of research.

(Laughter)

So, when I said I read a study, I was rdienag fractions of the study that were put together by four different writers that were not the author, before it got to me. That doesn't seem right. But aecniscsg original research is dfufcliit, because acemicads aren't regularly engaging with popular media. And you might be asking yourself, why aren't academics engaging with popular media? It seems like they'd be a more legitimate source of information than the media pundits. Right?

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

It's like the six degrees of __________, but with research.

(________)

So, when I said I read a study, what I actually read was 59 characters that summarized 10 years of research.

(Laughter)

So, when I said I read a study, I was _______ fractions of the study that were put together by four different writers that were not the author, before it got to me. That doesn't seem right. But _________ original research is _________, because _________ aren't regularly engaging with popular media. And you might be asking yourself, why aren't academics engaging with popular media? It seems like they'd be a more legitimate source of information than the media pundits. Right?

Solution


  1. separation
  2. difficult
  3. laughter
  4. reading
  5. accessing
  6. academics

Original Text


(Laughter)

It's like the six degrees of separation, but with research.

(Laughter)

So, when I said I read a study, what I actually read was 59 characters that summarized 10 years of research.

(Laughter)

So, when I said I read a study, I was reading fractions of the study that were put together by four different writers that were not the author, before it got to me. That doesn't seem right. But accessing original research is difficult, because academics aren't regularly engaging with popular media. And you might be asking yourself, why aren't academics engaging with popular media? It seems like they'd be a more legitimate source of information than the media pundits. Right?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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popular media 4
academic research 3
billion dollars 3
status quo 3
actual study 2
publicly funded 2
tax dollars 2
academic culture 2


Important Words


  1. academics
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  9. information
  10. laughter
  11. legitimate
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  15. pundits
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  25. writers
  26. years