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Module Five Question 1
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Was this TED Talk engaging? Did you want to keep listening? Why or why not? b.
During the presentation, did you ever feel lost or confused? Did you understand the technical concepts that Sabeti presented when explaining her work? c.
After listening to her talk, do you feel personally connected to the issue? Does her
work affect you? Why or why not? d.
Discuss at least one potential drawback of Sabeti's approach that you want to see
her address in future presentations, publications, or research.
I did find this TED talk engaging, the way that the speaker used personal examples to illustrate her points, especially naming the colleagues she lost during the research phase made
this speech easy to connect to and stay engaged with. Because it was engaging, I wanted to keep listening and hear what she had to say. While I may not have fully understood all of the technical concepts that she was talking about, she described them in a way that didn't leave me feeling lost or overly distracted trying to figure out what she was talking about. I do feel a
personal connection to the issue, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic where so many people were relying on this kind of research to be done quickly and accurately in the early days of the virus in 2020. Because of that, I feel that her work affects all of us because we all benefited from the same kind of quick dissemination of information over the last 4 years. One potential drawback of this approach would be the time that would be necessary to invest in ensuring that the people who are participating in these open-call research models are
qualified and that their findings are accurate and repeatable. I think if she were to address this
vetting challenge in the future, it would help to establish the credibility of this approach.
Module Five Question 2
Who is the audience of Pardis Sabeti's TED Talk? Focus not only on the audience shown when the camera cuts away from the stage but also on Sabeti's message and how she chooses to present this message. Who does it seem like she's talking to? What evidence do you rely on to help answer this question?
Pardis Sabeti's audience in her TED talk appears to be researchers in the field of epidemiology as well as members of the general public with an interest in public health initiatives. My reason for saying this is because of the way that she is speaking to her audience, her tone and body language is that of someone who is speaking to people with at least a general idea of research projects and public health initiatives. She is speaking in a way
that is still accessible though to the general public who may not have experience with these topics and that is obvious in the examples that she uses and the words choices that she has made. Instead of using big technical words, she is using vocabulary that would be familiar to the general public. She is using examples, like that of the loss of her colleagues, to help humanize this issue to the general public who may not understand the risks associated with being a frontline researcher but that would still be engaging to someone with a background in
epidemiology as they can likely relate to the experiences she is sharing as they have experienced them too.
Module Five Question 3
How does Pardis Sabeti tailor the message of her presentation to her audience?
Pardis Sabeti tailors her message through the vocabulary she uses, the examples she gives, and the points she emphasizes. She uses vocabulary that isn't overly technical but still clearly conveys her message, this kind of language isn't likely to go over the audience's head or distract them from her main points. She shares examples that give personal context to why this issue is important to her, and why her audience should care about it too. Through her example of her lost colleagues she takes what could have been just a discussion about theoretical people dying of a disease in a faraway country and makes it less distant, now the audience knows the names of some of the people who died and that gives them a connection to the issue. She emphasizes points that would be of interest to her audience, for example, the
speed they can disseminate data to other researchers to help get ahead of a public health crisis
in this model of collaborative research that she is discussing as opposed to the slow drawn out
process of traditional research which she also highlights as being less than helpful in this situation where time is of the essence.
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