Harry T. Clelland’s research while affiliated with Eötvös Loránd University and other places

... Whereas academics should fulfil their obligation to rigor and factual accuracy, secondary reporters are tasked primarily with translating the findings to a wider audience in an appealing manner. For this reason, generics may be more widespread in secondary reports because journalists are more motivated by appeal (and less motivated by precision) than the original authors (Haigh, Birch & Clelland, 2024). ...

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Generic Language in the Communication of Health Research

... Within the health professions, a number of studies have utilised politeness theory to analyse interaction, including politeness strategies used by medical students in virtual world patient-doctor simulations, 14 in written medical assessment feedback [15][16] and professional interactions 17-21 both between health professionals or between health professionals and their patients. [22][23][24][25] Only a small number of papers focus on interactions involving pharmacists, 5, 26-28 Alsubaie et al 29 indicate that students required to complete OSCE examinations involving pharmacist-patient interaction with high level of imposition and threat to face use a number of both negative and positive politeness strategies. Other remaining pharmacy student studies provide insight into use of politeness strategies in written feedback to pharmacy students by OSCE assessors 30 and in patient-directed pharmaceutical information leaflets. ...

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Using Politeness Theory to Deconstruct How Preregistrant Pharmacists Approach Disagreement in the Workplace