A: Basically, the results of academic research are available to whoever wants to read them, but of course most people aren't that interested. So academics have to publicize their ideas through the media, giving people second- or third-hand access to source material.
答：學術界的研究結果基本上是公開的，只是一般人不會有興趣去翻閱，因此需要透過媒體傳播、轉述，提供二手、三手資料，這不能怪學術界死守「象牙塔」。