Engagement Culture in Academia: A Budding “Trickle-Up” Effect
Focus groups at a land grant university show that faculty face institutional barriers to engagement. Junior faculty challenge the status quo
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What Happens To Pandemic Policy When People Don’t Trust Scientists?
Decline in the public authority of science is an increasingly consequential problem. Why is it happening?
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Science speaks many languages—let’s show that
Why is so much of science strictly in English? The world speaks thousands of languages – science should as well.
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Striking the Right Degree of Uncertainty for Communicating Global Warming Impacts
Will global sea levels rise 4 feet, or will global sea levels rise 1-7 feet? How certain should messages about global warming impacts be?
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More than just cat videos: YouTube as a platform for science engagement
YouTube is a significant source of science content – and triggering emotions can lead to greater public engagement.
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“Half-Life Your Message” to overcome the curse of knowledge: SciComm lessons from improv
The “Half-Life Your Message” exercise is an improv tool that can help science communicators distill their core message.
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The Public’s Perspective: the Importance of Open Access Publishing
Read about the open access debate from a public perspective and the importance of open access medical research.
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Strategies for Confronting White Supremacy Culture in SciComm
A new framework offers a way for science communicators to confront racism and help dismantle White Supremacy Culture.
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Why Trust Rumors? It’s a Matter of Values
Rumors are inherently unreliable as an information source, so why would the public trust them over scientific experts? It’s in the values.
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Scientists behaving badly–how does the public respond?
Although the reasons aren’t entirely clear, there is no question that uncivil disagreement erodes trust in science.
