Online Dissemination of Research Findings

Online Dissemination of Cross-Cutting Findings – A Strategy for Success Katharine Sarah Moody

Disseminating Cross-Cutting Findings Online
Online reading behaviour of users
Successful online dissemination
Thematic presentation of research findings

Online Reading Behaviour
Users seek immediate gratification
Users scan pages; 8 out of 10 users scan rather than read
Users don’t scroll down to read long pages
Users want to exercise agency in navigation
Jakob Nielsen of useit.com

Successful Online Dissemination
Scans easily and is concise and journalistic
Makes page value immediate
Is user-driven
Splits large blocks of information into
multiple pages according to subject
Convinces users to print longer documents

Research Findings
Meaning, Defining, Being
Identity, Community, Welfare and Prosperity
Religion, Violence and Conflict Resolution
Religion, Media and the Arts
Texts, Spaces, Rituals and Objects
Education and Socialisation
Law, Politics and the State
Religious Traditions
Social Factors
Policy Impact
Research Methods
Individual Research Projects

Cluster Summaries Education and Socialisation Religion plays an important role in educational and social formation in many different historical, cultural and political contexts. Follow this link to access research findings about the place of religion within formal and informal learning. Religious Traditions Follow this link to explore the research findings that relate to a particular religious tradition. Policy Impact Many of the research findings from within the Programme have a bearing on public policies and/or initiatives. Find out more here . Individual Project Reports Click here to access a summary of the research findings from any of the projects commissioned by the Religion and Society Programme.

Law, Politics and the State
Religion and Law
Tensions between Religious and Civil Laws
Freedom of Speech and Blasphemy
Co-operation between Religious and Civil Laws
Religions and Particular Legislative Changes
Equal Opportunities
Religion and Politics
Political Correlatives of Religious Identity
Religion and Political Involvement
Religious Political Activities
Religious Political Organisations
Religion and the State
Challenges to State-recognised Religions
Religions and “National Security”
The Globalisation of Religion
Religion and Nationality
Religion and British Identity
Religion and Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Religion and Multiculturalism
Strategies for Social Cohesion
Marginalisation of Religious Groups
Marginalisation by Religious Groups
Negotiating Community Norms in a Multi- cultural Society
Religion and the Structuring of Society
Religious Visions of Society
Religion and the Shaping of Society
Religious Pluralism and Diversity
Understandings of Religious Pluralism and Diversity
Attitudes to Religious Pluralism and Diversity
Religion in Socially Deprived Areas
Contested Concepts
Tolerance
Democracy

Report Synthesising Findings (RA)
Cross-cutting theme heading
Summary statement of report / guiding questions
Thematic “non-specialist” presentation of findings
(with quick links to sections of the report)
Hyperlinks within text to sources of specialist interest
(download project documents; visit project websites; buy Programme/individual project publications; read journal abstracts; read other online output; locate other related outputs and bodies)

Site users include:
Academics
Public Sector
Third Sector
General Public
User-driven “links in” cater to all audiences
“ Links out” to more specialist materials
www.esrc.ac.uk

The Online Dissemination of Cross-Cutting Findings
Users navigate through 12 primary headings
Brief summary of cluster enables user to determine page value
Easily scan-able contents page under each primary heading
Users navigate to concise, “non-specialist”, thematic reports (by RA)
Links within text allow specialist users to access further content
Thematic presentation enables users to confirm the value of findings and convinces them to print off full text documents (from PI) or buy publications
(Page listing and linking to Programme/project-specific publications)

Online Dissemination of Cross-Cutting Findings – A Strategy for Success Katharine Sarah Moody

Online Dissemination of Research Findings

by Katharine Moody on Mar 24, 2009

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