Don’t dumb it down: The effects of jargon in COVID-19 crisis communication

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Research Article

About the Authors

Hillary C. Shulman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

Olivia M. Bullock

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States of America

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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