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The Visual Thinking and Composition Research Skills course taught by Neil Cohn at Tilburg University aims to teach masters students in the Communication and Information Sciences program basic drawing and visual communication skills. The final project for this class is to summarize and “translate” an academic paper into a short comic.
Below are links to these works of science communication for the 2019 VTC class.
Links on student’s names or image will open the pdf of the comic. Links to the original paper will bring you to the scientific article. Enjoy!
Microbeads, beat it! by Mayra Beijer
Fendall, L. S., & Sewell, M. A. (2009). Contributing to marine pollution by washing your face: microplastics in facial cleansers. Marine pollution bulletin, 58(8), 1225-1228.
A tale of four platforms by Niki Bergmans
Alhabash, S., & Ma, M. (2017). A tale of four platforms: motivations and uses of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat among college students? Social Media+ Society, 3(1),1-13.
Mind over Muscle?
by Suzanne Breur
Martin Ginis, K. A., Eng, J. J., Arbour, K. P., Hartman, J. W., & Philips, S. M. (2005). Mind over muscle? Sex differences in the relationship between body image change and subjective and objective physical changes following a 12-week strength-training program. Body Image, 2, 363-372.
Leaning to the left…
by Noor Caris
Eerland, A., Guadalupe, T. M., & Zwaan, R. A. (2011). Leaning to the Left Makes the Eiffel Tower Seem Smaller: Posture-Modulated Estimation. Psychological Science, 22(12),7 1511-1514.
Learning the rules…
by Zhixuan Chen
Gao, J., Su, Y., Tomonaga, M., & Matsuzawa, T. (2018). Learning the rules of the rock–paper–scissors game: chimpanzees versus children. Primates, 59(1), 7- 17.
Children’s nonverbal displays…
by Anna Corone
Mui, H. C., Goudbeek, M. B., Swerts, M. G. J., & Hovasapian, A. (2017).Children’s nonverbal displays of winning and losing: effects of social and cultural contexts on smiles. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 67-82.
Children’s nonverbal displays…
by Seyma Doner
Mui, H. C., Goudbeek, M. B., Swerts, M. G. J., & Hovasapian, A. (2017).Children’s nonverbal displays of winning and losing: effects of social and cultural contexts on smiles. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 67-82.
Children’s nonverbal displays…
by Shuxiu Laarhoven
Mui, H. C., Goudbeek, M. B., Swerts, M. G. J., & Hovasapian, A. (2017).Children’s nonverbal displays of winning and losing: effects of social and cultural contexts on smiles. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41, 67-82.
Conspiracy Theories…
by Dylan Degeling
Barkun, M. (2016). Conspiracy Theories as Stigmatized Knowledge. Diogenes.
The mystery of the Domino’s Pizza Crisis
by Fleur Drijvers
Park, J., Cha, M., Kim, H., & Jeong, J. (2012). Managing bad news in social media: A case study on domino’s pizza crisis. Sixth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media.
Improving towel reuse in hotels by Teddy Eliëns
Bohner, G., & Schlüter, L. E. (2014). A Room with a Viewpoint Revisited: Descriptive Norms and Hotel Guests’ Towel Reuse Behavior. PLoS ONE, 9(8).
Children’s outdoor play
by Sarah Fischer
Valentine, G., McKendrck, J. (1997). Children’s outdoor play: Exploring parental concerns about children’s safety and the changing nature of childhood. Geoforum, 28(2), 219-235.
Illustrations enhance…
by Marieke Gilbers
Bol, N., Smets, E. M. A., Eddes, E. H., De Haes, J., Loos, E. F., & Van Weert, J. C. M. (2015). Illustrations enhance older colorectal cancer patients’ website satisfaction and recall of online cancer information. European Journal of Cancer Care, 24(2), 213–223.
Body ownership illusion on robot hands
by Teri-Louise Grassow
Alimardani, M., Nishio, S., & Ishiguro, H. (2013). Humanlike robot hands controlled by brain activity arouse illusion of ownership in operators. Scientific reports, 3, 2396.
The effect of power on negotiation behavior
by F.J.J. Groot Hulze
Hong, A.P.C. I. & Van der Wijst, P.J. (2013). Women in Negotiations: Effects of Gender and Power on Negotiation Behavior. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 6 (4), 273-284.
Women in Negotiation
by Dunja Hanic
Hong, A.P.C. I. & Van der Wijst, P.J. (2013). Women in Negotiations: Effects of Gender and Power on Negotiation Behavior. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 6 (4), 273-284.
A story of corporate social responsibility (CSR) associations
by Famke Hansen
Ellen, P. S., Webb, D. J., & Mohr, L. A. (2006). Building corporate associations: Consumer attributions for corporate socially responsible programs. Journal of the academy of Marketing Science, 34(2), 147-157.
Instram photos reveal
by Lotte Hellebrekers
Reece, A. G., & Danforth, C. M. (2017). Instagram photos reveal predictive markers of depression. EPJ Data Science, 6(1), 15.
The New Global Nomads
by Hella de Jong
Richards, G. (2015). The new global nomads: Youth travel in a globalizing world. Tourism Recreation Research, 40(3), 340-352.
Cyberbullying by mobile phone…
by Kelly de Jong
Abeele, M.V., and De Cock, R.. (2013). Cyberbullying by mobile phone among adolescents: The role of gender and peer group status. Communications – The European Journal of Communication Research, 38(1): 107-118.
How to bully soft drinks
by Alexander Jungnitsch
Block, J. P., Chandra, A., McManus, K. D., & Willett, W. C. (2010). Point-of-Purchase Price and Education Intervention to Reduce Consumption of Sugary Soft Drinks. American Journal of Public Health, 100(8), 1427-1433.
The effects of CMA versus TMA on consumers
by Sharon Khoenkhoen
Rauwers, F., & van Noort, G. (2016). The underlying processes of creative media advertising. Advances in Advertising Research, 6: 309-323
Fishing for evidence
by Bien Klomberg
Glucksberg, S. (2003).The psycholinguistics of metaphor. Trends in cognitive sciences, 7(2), 92-96
About fake news…
by Rein van Leiden
Vosoughi, S., Roy, D., & Aral, S. (2018). The spread of true and false news online. Science, 359(6380), 1146-1151.
Addictive personality…
by Danick Lenoir
Takao, M., Takahashi, S., & Kitamura, M. (2009). Addictive personality and problematic mobile phone use. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 12(5), 501-507.
Social attraction
by Nienke Lurings
Croes, E. A., Antheunis, M. L., Schouten, A. P., & Krahmer, E. J. (2019). Social attraction in video-mediated communication: The role of nonverbal affiliative behavior. Journal of social and personal relationships, 36(4), 1210-1232.
The color red…
by Jeroen van Nierop
Genschow, O., Reutner, L., & Wänke, M. (2012). The color red reduces snack food and soft drink intake. Appetite, 58(2), 699-702.
Inoculating the public
by Laura Rooyens
Van der Linden, S., Leiserowitz, A., Rosenthal, S., & Maibach, E. (2017). Inoculating the public against misinformation about climate change. Global Challenges, 1(2), 1600008.
Multicultural Communications Through Comics
by Yoshanka Samarawira
Tanno. D.V. (2007). Ethical Implications of the Ethnic Text in Multicultural Studies. The Global Intercultural Communication Reader. pp. 47-57
Drawing the influence of product placement on behaviors and attitudes
by Leland Sontotirto
De Gregorio, F., & Sung, Y. (2010). Understanding attitudes toward and behaviors in response to product placement. Journal of Advertising, 39(1), 83-96
New insights in the traditional bystander effect!
by Liselotte Stienen
Levine, M., & Crowther, S. (2008). The responsive Bystander: How social group membership and group size can encourage as well as inhibit bystander intervention. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 95(6), 1429.
Food is like a Drug
by Romy van Straten
Pretlow, R. A. (2011). Addiction to highly pleasurable food as a cause of the childhood obesity epidemic: a qualitative Internet study. Eating disorders, 19(4), 295-307.
Do badges increase user activity…
by Christina M. Tziraki
Hamari, J. (2017). Do badges increase user activity? A field experiment on the effects of gamification. Computers in human behavior, 71, 469-478.
When love met brand
by Eleni Vidaki
Ahuvia, A. C. (2005). Beyond the extended self: Loved objects and consumers’ identity narratives. Journal of consumer research, 32(1), 171-184.
Monkeys reject unequal pay
by Romy Wiegers
Brosnan, S. F., & De Waal, F. B. (2003). Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature, 425(6955), 297.
The big fat guy
by Maud van der Zanden
Yamamoto, J. A., Yamamoto, J. B., Yamamoto, B. E., & Yamamoto, L. G. (2005). Adolescent fast food and restaurant ordering behavior with and without calorie and fat content menu information. Journal of Adolescent Health, 37(5), 397-402.