Good Faith, Bad Tweet: A Case Study in Science Communication on Twitter
Twitter drama can be fun to watch or just plain exhausting (or sometimes even both) – but can it teach us anything about sci-comm?
Who’s the Joke For: Humor and Satire in SciComm
Do the benefits of using humor for science communication outweigh the risk of alienating your audience? Maybe, maybe not.
r/science Let’s Talk Science Communication (AMA)
Ask me Anything (AMA) threads on the popular social media site Reddit allow for direct science communication to an expert in a particular field of study, as well engage discussion between the host and different members of the audience.
What did students learn during a science communication course? Not much.
Do science communication training programs actually work? A new study discusses some disheartening results.
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
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?
SCTN Mini-Convening Coverage
ICYMI: Build your network, create culturally relevant sci-comm training, and level-up your public engagement, from the SCTN Mini-Convening!
Science Talk 2022 Coverage Part 2
Catch up on Science Talk ’22, part 2. Read about video creation, applied sci comm, and maximizing impact to create community.
Science Communication Trainers Network 2021 Convening Coverage: Part 2
SciCommBites attended the annual SciComm Trainers Network convening in December 2021. Catch up on what you missed in part two of two!
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.