Learning Objectives

This chapter will help you:

  • Identify major publics for research findings and explain why each of them is important.
  • Describe the format and style of a conventional scholarly research report.
  • Explain why the format and style of scholarly reports are necessary when writing for a scholarly audience.
  • Explain how writing for interest groups and news media differs from writing scholarly papers.
  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of websites, blogs, and podcasts for disseminating and explaining research findings.
  • Explain the advantages and disadvantages of graphics versus text for explaining research findings.
  • Explain how reporting research findings can have ethical implications.