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Dr Samuel Animates

@samuelanimates.bsky.social
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Lecturer: University of Western Australia Research: scicomm, health literacy, media technology 💛🤍💜🖤 Public Health feed: bsky.app/profile/samuelanimates.bsk… Public Health starter pack: go.bsky.app/EgMQxe9

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Dr Samuel Animates @samuelanimates.bsky.social · 9h
Finally off the AI beat, back to an idea I played with a couple years ago: Networked Health Literacy. To start, I look back at "Flatten the Curve" as an example of media convergence in action. It prompts us to be allies and supporters when we can't control the conversation. 🛟 🧪 #MedSky #CommSky
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Media Convergence and Health Literacy
Messages change as people share them. Here's what #FlattenTheCurve can teach us about media convergence, its opportunities and its risks.
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Dr Samuel Animates @samuelanimates.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I had the privilege of giving the keynote for the NCI ACCERT meeting, focused on community-engaged cancer control. I made a version here for a wider audience. "AI" has been shaping cancer control. So, what questions of equity, labor, surveillance, and community are more important now? 🛟 🧪 #MedSky
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AI for Cancer Control and Prevention
Adapted from an NCI ACCERT keynote, this article explores AI's growing role in cancer control and its implications for equity, labor, and public health.
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Dr Samuel Animates @samuelanimates.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Yesterday I led a webinar on AI Literacy for Health Literacy Professionals. I wanted to cover more of the negative impacts hidden under the surface, like harsh conditions for data workers and organizational dysfunction (electronic health records are a cautionary tale) #medsky #publichealth
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What's the True Cost of Automating Your Workflow?
AI tools can generate health communication content in seconds, but that's because a lot of labor and risks are hidden from many front-end users.
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