Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Despite intelligence research being among the most replicable bodies of empirical findings-a Rosetta stone across the social sciences-the communication of intelligence research with non-intelligence researchers and the public remains a challenge, especially given ongoing public controversies throughout the history of the field. Hunt argued that "we have a communication problem." This article is a call for intelligence researchers to consider communication at multiple levels-communication with other intelligence researchers, communication with non-intelligence researchers, and communication with the public, defined here as policymakers, practitioners, students, and general readers. It discusses ongoing tensions between academic freedom and social responsibility and provides suggestions for thinking about communication and effective research translation and implementation of intelligence research from the frameworks of science and policy research communication. It concludes with some recommendations for effective communication and stresses the importance of incentivizing more scholars to responsibly seek to educate and engage with multiple publics about the science of intelligence.
Source: Journal of Intelligence
Author: Jonathan Wai
Institution: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems and Management
Field: Decision Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,056
OpenAlex ID: W3104038485