Fig 1.
Frequency of public communication activity compared across countries.
Estimated average number of public events, traditional news media, and new media channels by research institutes, in the twelve months prior to the study. (N = 2,030).
Fig 2.
Frequency of public communication activity compared across sciences.
Estimated average number of public events, traditional media, and social media channels by research institutes, in the twelve months prior to the study. (N = 2,030).
Fig 3.
Frequency of new media channels used by country.
Institutes were asked how frequently they used each online mean, on a 5-point scale form ‘never’ to ‘daily’.
Fig 4.
Forest plot explaining variation for level of public communication (dependent variables ‘public events’, ‘traditional news media’ and ‘new media’) regressed on context C and D variables; D variables are represented.
Diamonds represent the standardised betas and the whiskers the 95% CIs (confidence intervals) (see S7–S9 Tables for representation of all variables in the models).